Dušan Simović

First Prime Minister of Yugoslavia in exile (1882-1962)

Person human Q219017

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: October 28, 1882
Date of death: August 26, 1962
Place of birth: Kragujevac
Place of death: Belgrade
Country of citizenship: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia^[7]^[8]^[9]
Occupation: politician, military personnel
Position held: Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Ministry of Defense of Yugoslavia, Chief of the General Staff, Chief of the General Staff^[10]^[11]^[12]
Religion or worldview: Serbian Orthodox Church^[14]
Member of political party: independent politician^[16]
Award received: Order of the Star of Karađorđe^[13]
Cause of death: disease^[23]
End of work period: 1941^[31]
Family name: Simović^[27]
Given name: Dušan^[28]
Manner of death: natural causes^[29]
Military, police or special rank: army general, brigadier general, divisional general, colonel, podpolkovnik, general^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Participated in conflict: Balkan Wars, World War I, World War II^[24]^[25]^[26]
Start of work period: 1900^[30]

🏷️ Also known as

en Dušan Simović ar دوشان سيموفيتش de Dusan Simovic de Dusan T. Simovic de Dušan T. Simović es Dusan Simovic es Dusan Simović es Dušan Simovic fa دوشان سیموویچ fr Dusan Simovic fr Dusan Simović he דושאן סימוביץ' ja ドゥシャン・シモヴィッチ ko 두샨 시모노비치 pl Dusan Simović pt Simović ru Душан Симович ru Симович Душан ru Симович, Душан th ดูชัน ซิมอวิช

🔖 Identifiers · 24

ISNI: 000000004312475X
VIAF cluster ID: 23233605
Library of Congress authority ID: n93003056
GND ID: 129962260
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Dusan Simovic.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 170107786
BioLexSOE ID: 1653
CONOR.SR ID: 37450855
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 129962260
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Dusan-Simovic
FAST ID: 315304
Freebase ID: /m/05f5h99

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Generals of World War II ID: Simović/Dušan_T./Yugoslavia
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 56046
NE.se ID: dusan-simovic
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3975377
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 588865
PM20 folder ID: pe/016607
Prabook ID: 2398835
SNAC ARK ID: w6gq7tm2
Treccani ID: dusan-simovic
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: dusan-simovic
WikiTree person ID: Simović-4
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJh4yJpXMyRHV4gkPQKmVC

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Military, police or special rank 5

colonel, brigadier general, podpolkovnik, divisional general, army general

Position held 4

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Chief of the General Staff, Chief of the General Staff, Ministry of Defense of Yugoslavia

Country of citizenship 3

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbia

Participated in conflict 3

World War II, World War I, Balkan Wars

Occupation 2

politician, military personnel

Award received 1

Order of the Star of Karađorđe

Cause of death 1

disease

Family name 1

Simović

Given name 1

Dušan

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of political party 1

independent politician

Participated in 1

Yugoslav coup d'état

Place of birth 1

Kragujevac

Place of death 1

Belgrade

Religion or worldview 1

Serbian Orthodox Church

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Dušan Simović was born on October 28, 1882^[1], in Kragujevac^[2]. He died on August 26, 1962^[3], in Belgrade^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5] and military personnel^[6].

FAQs

Where was Dušan Simović born?

Dušan Simović's place of birth was Kragujevac^[2].

Where did Dušan Simović die?

Dušan Simović died in Belgrade^[4].

What did Dušan Simović do for work?

Dušan Simović worked as a politician^[5] and military personnel^[6].

What awards did Dušan Simović receive?

Honors received include Order of the Star of Karađorđe^[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Dušan Simović — place of birth (P19): Kragujevac. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Dušan Simović — place of death (P20): Belgrade. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Dušan Simović — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Dušan Simović — country of citizenship (P27): Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Dušan Simović — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Serbia. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Dušan Simović — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Yugoslavia. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Dušan Simović — position held (P39): Prime Minister of Yugoslavia. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Dušan Simović — position held (P39): Ministry of Defense of Yugoslavia. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Dušan Simović — position held (P39): Chief of the General Staff. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Dušan Simović — member of political party (P102): independent politician. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Dušan Simović — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Dušan Simović — occupation (P106): military personnel. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Dušan Simović — religion or worldview (P140): Serbian Orthodox Church. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Dušan Simović — award received (P166): Order of the Star of Karađorđe. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Dušan Simović — military, police or special rank (P410): army general. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Dušan Simović — military, police or special rank (P410): brigadier general. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Dušan Simović — military, police or special rank (P410): divisional general. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Dušan Simović — military, police or special rank (P410): colonel. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Dušan Simović — military, police or special rank (P410): podpolkovnik. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Dušan Simović — military, police or special rank (P410): general. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Dušan Simović — cause of death (P509): disease. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Dušan Simović — date of birth (P569): October 28, 1882. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Dušan Simović — date of death (P570): August 26, 1962. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Dušan Simović — participated in conflict (P607): Balkan Wars. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Dušan Simović — participated in conflict (P607): World War I. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Dušan Simović — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Dušan Simović — family name (P734): Simović. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Dušan Simović — given name (P735): Dušan. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Dušan Simović — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Dušan Simović — start of work period (P2031): 1900. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Dušan Simović — end of work period (P2032): 1941. wikidata.org.

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