Moša Pijade
| Moša Pijade | |
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| 5th President of the Federal Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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In office 29 January 1954 – 15 March 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Milovan Djilas |
| Succeeded by | Petar Stambolic |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 January 1890 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died | 15 March 1957 (aged 67) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) |
| Spouse(s) | Lepa Pijade |
| Occupation | Painter, Art critic, Publicist, Revolutionary, Resistance commander, Statesman |
| Awards |
 Order of the People's Hero Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour Order of the brotherhood and unity Order of the partisan star Order of the National liberation Order for courageousness
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| Allegiance |
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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| Service/branch | Yugoslav People's Army |
| Rank | Major General of Yugoslav People's Army |
| Commands |
Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav People's Army |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Moša Pijade (Serbian Cyrillic: Мoшa Пиjaдe; 4 January 1890 15 March 1957), nicknamed Čiča Janko (Чича Јанко, lit. "Uncle Janko") was a prominent Serbian and Yugoslav communist, a close collaborator of Josip Broz Tito, former President of Yugoslavia, and full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Pijade was of Sephardic Jewish parentage. In his youth, Pijade was a painter, art critic and publicist. He was also known for translating Das Kapital by Karl Marx into Serbo-Croatian.
He is thought to have had a major influence on Marxist ideology as exposed during the old regime in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1925, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison because of his 'revolutionary activities' after World War I. He was discharged after 14 years in 1939 and imprisoned again in 1941 in the camp Bileća.
Pijade was one of the leaders of the Uprising in Montenegro. His ruthless cruelty toward the people who refused to join his units was noted. He was subsequently recalled to the communist headquarters because of the issues connected to the uprising. Under the influence of Pijade and Milovan Đilas an extreme prosecution of "leftist errors" was pursued by the Partisans in Montenegro.
He was known as the creator of the so-called 'Foča regulations' (1942), which prescribed the foundation and activity of people's liberation committees in the liberated territories during the war against the Nazis. In November 1943, before the second AVNOJ meeting in Jajce, he initiated the foundation of Tanjug, which later became the state news agency of SFR Yugoslavia, nowadays of Serbia.
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