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Admiral of the Yugoslav Navy
Petar ?imi?
(1932 ? 11 April 1990) was an
admiral
of the
Yugoslav Navy
, Commander of the
Split
Military Area and Assistant Commander of the Military Naval Area for political-legal sector.
Early life
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?imi?'s family hailed from the village of
Drivenik
near
Novi Vinodolski
.
Role in SKJ
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Before his death, ?imi? served as the President of the
Organization of the League of Communists in the Yugoslav People's Army
, thereby acting as head of the
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
(SKJ) in the
Yugoslav People's Army
(JNA). In the late 1980s, he represented hardliners within JNA in public appearances. On 31 January 1989, he issued an announcement in which he accused some politicians of "pushing the
Yugoslav
ship on the rocks".
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Although he didn't name them at the time, it was clear that the announcement was directed at
Croat
and
Slovene
politicians, especially at
Stipe ?uvar
, the
President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
at the time.
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?imi? also added that "JNA will oppose, with all its might, anybody who wants to play dangerous games with achievements of our struggle and the socialist revolution".
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At one of the sessions where fierce discussions occurred, according to official version, he suffered a
stroke
and died.
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After the
Yugoslav Wars
had ended, Croatian journalist Franjo Deranja published a book, sourced mainly to
Antun Tus
, saying that it was probable that the Yugoslav People's Army leadership was at fault for ?imi?'s death.
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