Milan Nedić
| Milan Nedić | |
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| Prime Minister of the Government of National Salvation | |
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In office 29 August 1941 – 4 October 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Interior of the Government of National Salvation | |
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In office 5 November 1943 – 4 October 1944 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Tanasije Dinić |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| Born |
2 September 1878 Grocka, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | 4 February 1946 (aged 67) Belgrade, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodoxy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Yugoslavia Government of National Salvation
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| Years of service | 1904–1941 |
| Rank | Armijski đeneral |
| Commands | Chief of the General Staff |
Milan Nedić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Недић; 2 September 1878 – 4 February 1946) was a Serbian Nazi collaborator, general and politician. He was the chief of the general staff of the Yugoslav Army, minister of war in the Royal Yugoslav Government and the prime minister of a Nazi-installed Serbian puppet government during World War II.
After the war, Yugoslav communist authorities imprisoned him. In 1946 they reported that he had committed suicide by jumping out of a window.
Milan Nedić was born in the Belgrade suburb of Grocka on 2 September 1878 to Đorđe and Pelagia Nedić. His father was a local district chief and his mother was a teacher from a village near Mount Kosmaj. She was the granddaughter of Nikola Mihailović, who was mentioned in the writings of poet Sima Milutinović Sarajlija and was an ally of Serbian revolutionary leader Karađorđe. The Nedić family was originally from the village of Zaoka, near Lazarevac. It traced its origins to two brothers, Damjan and Gligorije, who defended the Čokešina Monastery from the Turks during the Serbian Revolution. The family received its name from Nedić's great-grandmother, Neda, who was a member of the Vasojevići tribe in Montenegro.
Nedić finished gymnasium in Kragujevac in 1895 and entered the lower level of the Military Academy in Belgrade that year. In 1904, he completed the upper level of the academy, then the General Staff preparatory, and was commissioned into the Serbian Army. In 1910, he was promoted to the rank of major. He fought with the Serbian Army during the Balkan Wars, and received multiple decorations for bravery. In 1913, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He served with the Serbian Army during World War I and was involved in rearguard actions during its retreat through Albania in the winter of 1915. That year, he was promoted to the rank of colonel. At 38, he was the youngest colonel in the Serbian General Staff. He was appointed ordinance officer to King Peter in 1916. Towards the end of the war, Nedić was given command of an infantry brigade of the Timok Division.
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