Slobodan Penezić
{{short description|Yugoslav communist politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Slobodan Penezić
| image = Slobodan Penezic Crop.jpg
| image_size = 210px
| caption = Penezić in 1958
| office1 = Prime Minister of Serbia
{{small|As President of the Executive Council of SR Serbia}}
| primeminister1 =
| term_start1 = 9 June 1962
| term_end1 = 6 November 1964
| predecessor1 = Miloš Minić
| successor1 = Stevan Doronjski
| office2 =
| primeminister2 =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|7|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Užice, Kingdom of Serbia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1964|11|6|1918|2|7}}
| death_place = Šopić, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
| party = Communist Party of Yugoslavia
| spouse = {{Interlanguage link multi|Grozdana Belić-Penezić|sr|3=Гроздана Белић-Пенезић|lt=Grozdana Belić-Penezić}}
| children = Sons Srđan and Relja,
daughter Vida
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Slobodan "Krcun" Penezić ({{lang-sr-cyr|Слободан Пенезић Крцун}}; 2 July 1918 – 6 November 1964) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Serbia. During his heyday, he was the Secret Police chief in Serbia.
He was also notable for leading the arrest of Draža Mihailović and for being awarded the Order of the People's Hero (on 5 July 1952).
Career
Penezić was a member of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, a member of the League of Communists of Serbia Executive Committee and was also chairman of the Executive Council of the Serbian parliament.
Death
On 6 November 1964, Penezić and {{Interlanguage link multi|Svetolik Lazarević|sr|3=Светолик Лазаревић|lt=Svetolik Lazarević}} were killed in a car accident when their car skidded off a wet road into a tree.The Milwaukee Journal (7 November 1964). "2 Yugoslav Officials Killed in Car Crash". Retrieved 4 September 2015. Penezić's death cleared the way for plans by Josip Broz Tito to limit the power of secret police chief Aleksandar Ranković at a crucial party congress.{{cite web |url=https://iwpr.net/global-voices/accident-or-assassination-bid-field-day |author=Institute for War and Peace Reporting |title=Accident Or Assassination Bid? – A Field Day For Conspiracy Theorists |accessdate=2020-02-05 |date=2005-11-10 |language=English}}
His wife was among those who doubted the circumstances of his death, but his son considered finding out hard facts nearly impossible.{{cite web |url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/kultura.71.html:488032-Penezic-Moj-Krcun-je-i-dalje-neispricana-prica |author=Večernje novosti |title=Penezić: Moj Krcun je i dalje neispričana priča |accessdate=2020-02-05 |date=2014-04-19 |language=Serbian}}
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Category:Politicians from Užice
Category:Yugoslav Partisans members
Category:Interior ministers of Serbia
Category:Government ministers of Serbia
Category:League of Communists of Yugoslavia politicians
Category:League of Communists of Serbia politicians
Category:Members of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Category:Road incident deaths in Yugoslavia
Category:Road incident deaths in Serbia
Category:Death conspiracy theories
Category:Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery
Category:Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero
Category:Prime ministers of Serbia
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