Tanasije Dinić

Tanasije Dinić
Minister of Interior of the Government of National Salvation
In office 10 November 1942 – 6 November 1943
Prime Minister	Milan Nedić
Preceded by	Milan Aćimović
Succeeded by	Milan Nedić
Minister of Social Policy and People's Health of the Government of National Salvation
In office 6 November 1943 – 4 October 1944
Prime Minister	Milan Nedić
Preceded by	Stojimir Dobrosavljević
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	Tanasije Dinić (1891-04-15)April 15, 1891 Niš, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	July 17, 1946(1946-07-17) (aged 55) Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Political party	Yugoslav National Movement
Occupation	Soldier, politician
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Serbia (1912-1918) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1941) Government of National Salvation (1941-1944) Nazi Germany (1941-1945)
Rank	Colonel

Tanasije Dinić (1891-1946) was a Serbian military officer and later Minister of Internal Affairs, in the collaborationist regime established in occupied Serbia by Nazi Germany, the Government of National Salvation. Dinić held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Yugoslav Army and was a British sympathizer before and during World War II. He became a member of the fascist Yugoslav National Movement in order to report to the British Foreign Office, SOE and MI6 German plans for the Balkans. Following the invasion of Yugoslavia, he held the post of minister of interior in Milan Nedić's pro-Axis government. Dinić became the minister of social policy and people's health in 1943, and was later captured by Americans near Vienna after war, interrogated, flown back to Belgrade, and handed over to the Communists. After the trial and sentencing, along with General Dragoljub Mihailović executed by firing squad were Tanasije Dinić, Velibor Janić, Boško Pavlović, Dragomir Jovanović, Miloš Glišić, Rade Radić, General Kosta Mušicki, General Djuro Dokić, all on the same day, 17 July 1946.

References

• Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia: Танасије Динић

Sources

• Tomasevich, Jozo (2002). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3615-2. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)