Rudolf Perhinek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Perhinek

Yugoslav military officer

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1906

Place of Birth: Vipavski Križ, Slovenia

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1982

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Rudolf Perhinek (pseudonym Rade Perišin or cica Rade) (23 June 1906 Vipavski Križ — 5 August 1982 Cleveland, Ohio, United States) was Yugoslav military officer with the rank of Captain in the Royal Yugoslav Army who, soon after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, joined Chetniks of Dragoslav Mihailovic.
He was a member of the Supreme Command of Mihailovic's Chetniks and received the rank of Major.
Perhinek, also referred as Mihailovic's right hand, organized Chetniks in Montenegro at the end of 1941.
In period October 1941 — September 1943 he was a special envoy of Mihailovic's Chetnik staff for Montenegro who was also responsible for the intelligence service in Montenegro and Albania.
Some sources describe him as an agent of Gestapo.
For some time he was the Chief of Staff of Chetnik forces under command of Vojislav Lukacevic.
Perhinek was an ethnic Slovene.
Yugoslav Government in Exile awarded him with Order of the Star of Karadorde.