Mijo Babić
Mijo Babić | |
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Mijo Babić, Vlado Chernozemski and Zvonimir Pospišil (from left to right) | |
| Other name(s) | Marjan |
| Nickname(s) | Mijo and Giovanni |
| Born | 1 September 1903 Nova Bukovica, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Croatia) |
| Died | 3 July 1941 (aged 37) Trusina, Berkovići, Independent State of Croatia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Allegiance | Independent State of Croatia |
| Branch | Ustaše militia |
| Years of service | 1929–1941 |
| Rank | Major |
| Commands | The Third Bureau of the Ustasha Surveillance Service |
| Battles / wars | Eastern Herzegovina Uprising |
Mijo Babić (1 September 1903 – 3 July 1941), nicknamed Giovanni, was a deputy of the Croatian fascist dictator Ante Pavelić, and the first commander of all concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia. He was head of the Third Bureau of the Ustasha Surveillance Service (Croatian: Ustaška nadzorna služba—UNS), and was also a member of the main Ustaše headquarters, one of the two main deputies of Pavelić.