Milan Aćimović

Milan Aćimović
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Government of National Salvation
In office 29 August 1941 – 10 November 1942
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Tanasije Dinić
Personal details
Born	1898 Pinosava, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	1945 Zelengora
Nationality	Kingdom of Yugoslavia Government of National Salvation  Nazi Germany
Profession	Politician
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Milan Aćimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Аћимовић, 1898–1945) was a Serbian collaborationist with the Axis in Yugoslavia during World War II.

Milan Aćimović was born on 31 May 1898 in Pinosava, in the Belgrade municipality of Voždovac. He finished gymnasium in Belgrade and received a law degree from the University of Belgrade in 1923. On 2 September 1935, he and Velibor Jonić successfully petioned the Ministry of Interior to legalize the Yugoslav National Movement (Zbor). He became the chief of police in Belgrade in 1938 and was appointed Minister of Interior by Milan Stojadinović on 21 December 1938. He held this position until 5 February 1939. In April 1939, he was arrested alongside Stojadinović and was detained until August 1940.

On 30 May 1941, a few weeks after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Aćimović formed the first puppet government in Serbia, called the Commissary Government. He was the leader of the government until 29 August of that year when it was dissolved.

Aćimović's puppet government was replaced by another puppet government, the Government of National Salvation, headed by former general Milan Nedić. In this government, Aćimović served as minister of the interior. He was sympathetic towards the Chetniks of Draža Mihailović and maintained close contact with Mihailović. The Germans suspected that Aćimović warned Mihailović of the launching of Operation Mihailovic, which was conducted over 6–7 December 1941. The warning, apparently given the day before the offensive began, enabled Mihailović to escape.

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