Vlado Dapčević
Vlado Dapčević | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Dapčević 14 June 1917 Ljubotinj, Montenegro (now Cetinje, Montenegro) |
| Died | 12 July 2001 (aged 84) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Yugoslav, Montenegrin |
| Political party | Communist Party of Yugoslavia (1933–1952) Party of Labour (1991–2001) |
| Spouse | Micheline Dapčević |
| Children | Milena Dapčević |
| Awards | Order of Bravery Medal of the Partisans - 1941 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yugoslav Partisans |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 1st Proletarian Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Uprising in Montenegro Battle of Pljevlja Battle of Neretva Battle of Sutjeska |
Vladimir "Vlado" Dapčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир "Владo" Дапчевић; 14 June 1917 – 12 July 2001) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin communist, revolutionary and political leader who fought as a Partisan against Axis occupation troops and forces of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. He was a political dissident and after the war he opposed the Anti-Soviet policy of Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia. He spent a total of 24 years in Yugoslav prisons as a political dissident for advocating anti-Titoism and Proletarian internationalism. After the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1990s, he founded the Party of Labour in Serbia.
He criticised Tito, as well as Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, for departing from Marxism–Leninism. He accused them for leaning towards capitalism and the latter two for exposing the Soviet Union to the collapse. He was the younger brother of famous Montenegrin communist military leader Peko Dapčević.