Ivo Lola Ribar
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| Birth name | Ivan Ribar |
| Nickname(s) | Ivo Lola |
| Born |
23 April 1916 Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungary |
| Died | 27 November 1943 (aged 27) Glamočko field near Glamoč, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Buried at | Tomb of People's Heroes, Belgrade, Serbia (44°49′19″N 20°26′56″E / 44.82194°N 20.44891°ECoordinates: 44°49′19″N 20°26′56″E / 44.82194°N 20.44891°E) |
| Allegiance | Yugoslav partisans |
| Years of service | 1941–1943 |
| Awards | People's Hero of Yugoslavia |
| Relations | Ivan Ribar (father), Jurica Ribar (brother) |
Ivan "Ivo Lola" Ribar (23 April 1916 – 27 November 1943), was a Yugoslav communist politician and military leader of Croatian descent. In the 1930s, he became one of the closest collaborators of Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Communist Party. In 1936, Ribar became secretary of the Central Committee of SKOJ (Young Communist League of Yugoslavia). During the World War II in Yugoslavia, Ribar was among the main leaders of the Yugoslav Partisans and was a member of the Partisans' Supreme Command. During the war, he founded and run several leftist youth magazines. In 1942, Ribar was among the founders of the Unified League of Anti-Fascist Youth of Yugoslavia (USAOJ). He was killed by German bomb in 1943 near Glamoč while boarding an airplane for Cairo, where he was to become the first representative of Communist Yugoslavia to the Middle East Command.
In 1944, Ribar was awarded the title of People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Lola was the older of two sons by Ivan Ribar, first President of Yugoslavia. His brother was another People's Hero, Jurica Ribar.
Ribar was born in Zagreb and lived most of his life in Belgrade, where he graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School. During his studies he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and since 1936 led the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ), and he traveled around Europe visiting Communist conferences in Brussels (1935), Geneva (1936) and Paris (1937).
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