Vladimir Metikoš (7 July 1899 – 24 September 1945) was a Croatian general in the then Independent State of Croatia (NDH).
[1] Born in Banja Luka, he was posted during World War I to the Italian front as a lieutenant of the Austro-Hungarian Army.
For the first months after the creation of NDH served as liaison officer with the German Command of Bosnian Divisional Area.
In 1945, Metikoš was one of the representatives of the Croatian Armed Forces who attempted to negotiate a surrender with the British at Bleiburg.
[2] The Supreme Court of Democratic Federative Yugoslavia condemned him to death on 19 September 1945, and he was executed five days later.