Dušan Simović

Dušan Simović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Симовић; 28 October 1882 – 26 August 1962) was a Yugoslav Serb army general who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army and as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia in 1941.

In 1918, he was named to the delegates of the Serbian government and the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs in Zagreb.

Up to the onset of World War II he devoted himself exclusively to aviation.

He joined other officers in the March 1941 coup against the government of Dragiša Cvetković.

In 1946 he was a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Draža Mihailović, and went on to author a number of books on military issues.