Dimitrije Ljotić
| Dimitrije Ljotić | |
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| Minister of Justice of Yugoslavia | |
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In office 16 February 1931 – 17 August 1931 |
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| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Prime Minister | Petar Živković |
| Preceded by | Milan Srškić |
| Succeeded by | Dragutin S. Kojić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 August 1891 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died | 23 April 1945 (aged 53) Ajdovščina, Slovenia |
| Resting place | Unknown |
| Political party | Yugoslav National Movement (Zbor) |
| Other political affiliations |
People's Radical Party (1920–27) |
| Spouse(s) | Ivka Mavrinac (1920–45; his death) |
| Relations |
Milan Nedić (cousin) Milutin Nedić (cousin) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | Vladimir Ljotić Ljubica Stanojević |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox Christianity |
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| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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| Service/branch | Army |
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| Rank |
 Corporal
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| Battles/wars |
Balkan Wars World War I |
Dimitrije Ljotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Љотић; 12 August 1891 – 23 April 1945) was a Serbian fascist politician and ideologue who established the Yugoslav National Movement (Zbor) in 1935 and collaborated with German occupational authorities in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia during World War II.
He joined the Serbian Army with the outbreak of the Balkan Wars, fought on the Serbian side during World War I and remained in active service until 1920, when he decided to pursue a career in politics. He joined the People's Radical Party that year and became regional deputy for the Smederevo District in 1930. In 1931, he was appointed to the position of Yugoslav Minister of Justice by King Alexander I but resigned following a disagreement between him and the king over the layout of the Yugoslav political system. Ljotić founded Zbor in 1935. The party received little support from the largely anti-German Serbian public and never won more than 1 percent of the vote in the 1935 and 1938 Yugoslav parliamentary elections. Ljotić was arrested in the run-up to the latter elections and briefly sent to an insane asylum after the authorities accused him of having a "religious mania". He voiced his opposition to the Cvetković–Maček Agreement in 1939 and his supporters reacted to it violently. Zbor was soon outlawed by the Yugoslav government, forcing Ljotić into hiding. He remained in hiding until April 1941, when the Axis powers invaded Yugoslavia. Ljotić was later invited by the Germans to join the Serbian puppet government of Milan Aćimović and was offered the position of economic commissioner. He never took office, partly because he disliked the idea of playing a secondary role in the administration and partly because of his unpopularity. He resorted to indirectly exerting his influence over the Serbian puppet government through two of his closest associates whom the Germans had selected as commissioners. In September 1941, the Germans gave Ljotić permission to form the Serbian Volunteer Detachments, which were later renamed the Serbian Volunteer Corps (SDK).
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