Tanasije Dinić Explained

Tanasije Dinić
Native Name:Танасије Динић
Order:Minister of Interior of the Government of National Salvation
Term Start:10 November 1942
Term End:6 November 1943
Primeminister:Milan Nedić
Predecessor:Milan Aćimović
Successor:Milan Nedić
Order2:Minister of Social Policy and People's Health of the Government of National Salvation
Term Start2:6 November 1943
Term End2:4 October 1944
Primeminister2:Milan Nedić
Predecessor2:Stojimir Dobrosavljević
Successor2:Office abolished
Birth Name:Tanasije Dinić
Birth Date:15 April 1891
Birth Place:Niš, Kingdom of Serbia
Death Place:Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Child:yes
Death Cause:Execution by firing squad
Nationality:Serbian
Party:Yugoslav National Movement
Occupation:Soldier, politician
Allegiance: (1912–1918)
(1918–1941)
Government of National Salvation (1941–1944)
(1941–1945)
Rank:Colonel

Tanasije Dinić (15 April 1891 – 17 July 1946) was a Serbian military officer and later Minister of Internal Affairs in the collaborationist Government of National Salvation established in the German-occupied occupied territory of Serbia during World War II. Dinić held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Yugoslav Army and was a British sympathizer before and during World War II. He became a member of the fascist Yugoslav National Movement in order to report German plans for the Balkans to the British Foreign Office, SOE and MI6. Following the invasion of Yugoslavia, he held the post of minister of interior in Milan Nedić's puppet government. Dinić became the minister of social policy and people's health in 1943, and was later captured by Americans near Vienna after war, interrogated, flown back to Belgrade, and handed over to the new communist government. After a trial and sentencing he was executed by firing squad on 17 July 1946, along with Chetnik leader General Draža Mihailović and a number of other collaborators.

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