Viktor Avbelj

Viktor Avbelj (February 26, 1914, Prevoje pri Šentvidu – April 6, 1994) was a Yugoslav Partisan and Slovenian politician.

In July 1943, while observing the enemy's positions near Selah pri Šumberk, he narrowly escaped death in a shelling.

[1] From September 1944 to March 1945 he was the political commissar of the 9th Corps of the NOVJ, and then until May 1945 the political commissar of the Main Staff of the NOV and POS and the Slovenian representative at the 4th Army of the Yugoslav Army.

He was a recipient of the Order of the People's Hero along with other honors for his Partisan activities during WWII.

Until November 1945, he performed the duties of organizational secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.