Ivan Rukavina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Rukavina

Croatian soldier

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1912

Place of Birth: Otočac, Lika-Senj County, Croatia

Date of Death: 03-Apr-1992

Profession: politician, political commissar

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ivan Rukavina (January 26, 1912 – April 3, 1992) was army general of the Yugoslav People's Army, People's Hero of Yugoslavia and Croatian politician. Rukavina was a member of the International Brigades and prominent Croatian and Yugoslav communist.
He was a Partisan in World War II in Yugoslavia with a rank of general.
After the war he was Deputy of the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia and held various military high positions.
He also supported Croatian Spring in the early 1970s and after the collapse of Yugoslavia he participated in founding of Croatian People's Party in 1990.