List of Chetnik voivodes

This is a list of Chetnik voivodes. is a Slavic as well as Romanian title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. It derives from the word vojevoda, which in early Slavic meant the bellidux, i.e. the military commander of an area, but it usually had a greater meaning. Among the first modern-day voivodes was Kole Rašić, a late 19th-century Serb revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, who led a cheta of 300 men between Niš and Leskovac in Ottoman areas during the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878). The others were Rista Cvetković-Božinče, Čerkez Ilija, Čakr-paša, and Spiro Crne. Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević, who knew Spiro Crne personally, wrote and published his biography, Spiro Crne Golemdžiojski, in 1933.

Commanders of Old Serbia and Macedonia (1903–1912), Balkan Wars



 * Kosta Milovanović-Pećanac (1904)
 * Jovan Stojković-Babunski (1905)
 * Vojislav Tankosić-Voja (1905)
 * Lazar Kujundžić-Klempa (1905)
 * Pavle Mladenović-Čiča (1905)
 * Ljuba Jezdić-Razvigora (1905)
 * Aksentije Bacetović-Baceta (1905)
 * Savatije Milošević (1905)
 * Borko Paštrović (1905)
 * Doksim Mihailović (1905)
 * Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski (1905)
 * Jovan Dovezenski
 * Vojin Popović-Vuk
 * Svetozar Ranković-Toza
 * Trajko Mitrović-Koporan Čauš
 * Jovan Cvetković-Dolgač
 * Zafir Premčević
 * Stojan Simonović-Koruba
 * Krsta Kovačević-Trgoviški
 * Trenko Rujanović
 * Spasa Pavlović-Garda
 * Rista Cvetković-Božinče
 * Đorđe Cvetković
 * Janićije Mićić
 * Petko Ilić
 * Rade Radivojević-Dušan
 * Dragoljub Nikolić
 * Rista Starački
 * Jovan Pešić
 * Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin
 * Đorđe Ristić-Skopljanče
 * Anđelko Stanković
 * Vladimir Kovačević
 * Jovan Grković-Gapon
 * Vanđel Dimitrijević-Skopljanče
 * Aleksandar Blagojević
 * Dragiša Kovačević
 * Dušan Dimitrijević-Dule
 * Stevan Nedić-Ćela
 * Todor Krstić-Algunjski
 * Branivoje Jovanović-Brana
 * Milan Vasić
 * Milan Vidojević
 * Pavle Blažarić
 * Aleksa Komnenić-Hercegovac
 * Sreten Rajković-Rudnički
 * Panta Radosavljević
 * Veličko Domorovski
 * Rista Maksimović-Giljanče
 * Vukajlo Božović-Prota
 * Milivoje Dinić
 * Tasa Donić-Smederevac
 * Milutin Babović-Telegraph
 * Petar Mitrozić
 * Milutin Ivanović
 * Vasilije Trbić
 * Vojvoda Dragomir is Dragomir Protić
 * Bogdan Jugović Hajnc
 * Radoje Pantić
 * Milorad Pavićević
 * Milosav Jelić
 * Dušan Jezdić
 * Nikola Skadarac (1908)
 * Petar Koćura (1908)
 * Micko Krstić
 * Andjelko Krstić
 * Bogdan Radenković
 * Jovan Naumović-Vojvoda Osogovski
 * Jovan Ćirković
 * Luka Ćelović
 * Milorad Gođevac
 * Nikola Spasić
 * Ljubomir Kovačević
 * Vasa Jovanović
 * Vlada Voskar
 * Sreten Vukosavljević
 * Petar Kacarević
 * Živko Gvozdić
 * Vukajlo Božović
 * Dejan Popović Jekić
 * Ljubomir Vulović
 * Ljuba Čupa
 * Dane Stojanović
 * Tasa Konević
 * Trenko Rujanović
 * Boško Virjanac
 * Mihailo "Mikajle" Josifović
 * Sava Petrović-Grmija
 * Velimir Prelić
 * Simo Kecojević
 * Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević
 * Toma Smiljanić-Bradina
 * Stevan Simić
 * Mihailo Petrović (Chetnik)
 * Velimir Karić
 * Alimpije Marjanovic
 * Emilio Milutinović
 * Dragoljub Džilić-Stric
 * Vidosav Marjanović
 * Strašimir Miletić
 * Jovan Arandjelović
 * Dušan Kalčić
 * Žika Rafailović
 * Denko Čuma
 * Dragoljub Urošević-Podrinac
 * Smail Smajo Ferovic

Balkan Wars & World War I

 * Milija and Pavle Bakić
 * Stanislav Krakov
 * Uroš Kostić-Rudinac
 * Ilija Trifunović (1916; fighting in Old Serbia during German, Austrian and Bulgarian occupation)
 * Vojin Popović (1916)
 * Kosta Vojinović (1916)
 * Puniša Račić (1916)
 * Mustafa Golubić
 * Milivoje M. Naumović

Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland

 * Draža Mihailović (1893–1946), supreme commander, vojvoda of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army.
 * Miroslav Trifunović (1894–1945), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda šumadijski (Voivode of Šumadija).
 * Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda pocerski (Voivode of Pocerina).
 * Nikola Kalabić (1906–1946), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda oplenački (Voivode of Oplenac).
 * Dragutin Keserović (1896–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kopaonički (Voivode of Kopaonik).
 * Zvonimir Vučković (1916–2004), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda takovski (Voivode of Takovo).
 * Predrag Raković (1912–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda ljubićki (Voivode of Ljubić).
 * Dušan Smiljanić, Yugoslav captain, vojvoda gružanski (Voivode of Gruža).
 * (1907–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda avalski (Voivode of Avala).
 * (1913–1944), Yugoslav sublieutenant, vojvoda dragačevski (Voivode of Dragačevo).
 * Velimir Piletić (1906–1972), Yugoslav major, vojvoda krajinski (Voivode of the Timok Valley).
 * , Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda valjevski (Voivode of Valjevo).
 * (1892–1986), vojvoda od Ludmera (Voivode of Ludmer).
 * Uroš Drenović (1911–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda in Bosnia.
 * Petar Baćović (1898–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kalinovički (Voivode of Kalinovik). Named in July 1942.
 * Petar Samardžić, vojvoda in Herzegovina.
 * (1906–1946), vojvoda in Herzegovina. Named by Birčanin in 1942.
 * Radojica Perišić (1906–1945), Orthodox priest, vojvoda in Golija.
 * Mirko Marić
 * Branko Bogunović
 * Danilo Stanisavljević nicknamed Dane Cicvara (1917-1942) - voivode of Lika and Kordun
 * Mane Rokvić (d. 1944).
 * Vlada Novaković
 * Karl Novak (1905–1975), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda in Slovenia.
 * Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda durmitorski (Voivode of Durmitor). Named in December 1941.
 * Bajo Stanišić (1890–1943), Yugoslav colonel, vojvoda in Montenegro.
 * Blažo Đukanović (1883–1943), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda in Montenegro.
 * (1910–2007), Yugoslav major, vojvoda in Montenegro. Named in July 1944.
 * Miljan Anđušić (1895–1946), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda Zetski i Skenderijski.
 * Novak Anđušić (1901–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Named by Voivode M. Anđušić in May 1941.
 * Miloš Radoman (1903–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro.
 * Blago Ajković (1899–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Self-styled.
 * Vojislav Lukačević (1908–1945), vojvoda in Raška.
 * Zaharije Ostojić (1907–1945), general command.
 * Radovan Ivanišević, vojvoda dinarski (Voivode of the Dinara). Named by Birčanin.

Other

 * Kosta Pećanac (1879–1944), vojvoda of the Pećanac Chetniks. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
 * Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), vojvoda of the Dinara Division. Named by King Peter II in 1942.
 * Dobroslav Jevđević (1895–1962), vojvoda of Herzegovina Chetniks. Self-appointed.
 * Stojan Krstić, commander of the Vardar Chetnik Corps. Named in 1943.
 * Aleksandar Janković (1921-2019) voivoda of Fruska Gora, Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force pilot, named in 1942 by Kosta Milovanović Pećanac
 * Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
 * Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav colonel.
 * Jezdimir Dangić, Yugoslav major.
 * Dragiša Vasić (1885–1945), Yugoslav reserve officer.
 * Aćim Babić, vojvoda in East Bosnia. Self-styled.

By Momčilo Đujić

 * Vojislav Šešelj - named by Momčilo Đujić on June 28, 1989
 * Rade Čubrilo - named by Momčilo Đujić in 1993

By Vojislav Šešelj
On 13 May 1993:


 * Zdravko Abramović
 * Branislav Vakić.
 * Srećko Radovanović.
 * Slavko Crnić
 * Nedeljko Vidaković.
 * Slavko Aleksić (b. 1956), VRS commander of New Sarajevo Detachment.
 * "Manda" (1963–2002), VRS commander of the Majevica Lions.
 * Miroslav Vuković "Ćele".
 * Milika Dačević "Čeko".
 * Tomislav Nikolić, SRS politician.
 * Milan Lančužanin "Kameni".
 * Zoran Dražilović "Čiča".
 * Jovo Ostojić.
 * Ljubiša Petković.
 * Todor Lazić.
 * (b. 1956), SRS RS politician.
 * Dragan Cvetković.
 * Branislav Gavrilović "Brne", Šešelj's bodyguard.

On 20 March 1994:
 * Vasilije Vidović "Vaske", Šešelj's bodyguard.
 * (1961–1998), VRS commander of the Bileća Volunteers.
 * Nikola Poplašen, politician.
 * Mujo Bunjaku alias Oliver Denis Baret (d. 1994), Šešelj's bodyguard.
 * Rade Čubrilo, commander of TO Medak.
 * Miodrag Tripković.

Named after Yugoslav Wars

 * Miodrag Božović - named by Milo Rakočević in 2007
 * Andrija Mandić, Montenegrin Serb politician. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007
 * Uroš Šušterič, World War II veteran. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007.