Stane Potočar

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General

Stane Potočar
Potočar in 1972
Nickname(s)Lazar
Born27 April 1919
Mirna Peč (Lower Carniola), Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died5 December 1997(1997-12-05) (aged 78)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Allegiance Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Service/branch Yugoslav Partisans
 Yugoslav People's Army
Years of service1941–1979
Rank Colonel General
Commands heldChief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army (1972–1979)
Battles/warsWorld War II in Yugoslavia
Awards Order of the People's Hero (4 September 1953)

Stane Potočar (27 April 1919 – 5 December 1997) was a Slovenian general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the JNA from 15 October 1972 to 10 July 1979.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ivetić 2000, p. 70.
  2. ^ "Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin: POTOČAR, Stane – Lazar" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 January 2023.

Literature

  • Ivetić, Velimir (2000). Načelnici generalštaba 1876—2000. Beograd: Novinsko-informativni centar VOJSКA.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army
15 October 1972 – 10 July 1979 		Succeeded by


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