Žika Rafajlović

Serbian politician

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Živojin Rafajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Живојин Рафајловић, 1871 – 1953), known as Žika (Жика) was co-founder of the Serbian Chetnik Organization, politician, state deputy, a member of the Democrats. He was the Ban of Vardar during 1940 and 1941.

## Early life

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He was born in Mionica, Principality of Serbia. He finished the Military Academy as an infantry captain, 2nd class.[1] He worked as a frontier guard in Vranje, which became his hometown.

## Serbian Chetnik Organization

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The Central Committee (of Belgrade) was established in 1902 by Milorad Gođevac, Luka Ćelović, Vasa Jovanović, Žika Rafajlović, Nikola Spasić and Ljuba Kovačević.[2]

On 25 April 1904, two armed cheta groups of some 20 fighters under vojvoda Anđelko Aleksić and vojvoda Đorđe Cvetković swore oath in a ceremony before Milorad Gođevac, Vasa Jovanović, Žika Rafajlović, Luka Ćelović and General Jovan Atanacković, with prota Nikola Stefanović holding the prayers.[3] The Committee had prepared the formation of the first bands for a number of months.[4] The bands crossed into Ottoman territory on 8 May, but were subsequently exposed in the Albanian and Turkish villages. The Ottoman army killed all of the Chetniks at the Fight on Šuplji Kamen hill on May 27.[5] According to Serbian state documents, the death toll was 24 Chetniks, a zaptı (Ottoman gendarmerie), and three Ottoman soldiers.[6] Serbian deputy Ristić, according to the document, named Žika Rafajlović as the organizer of the band, and that "such adventures and thoughtless treacherous actions should be stopped".[7]

## Family

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He had five sons.

## Annotations

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* His surname is infrequently spelled as Rafailović (Рафаиловић).

## See also

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* List of Chetnik voivodes

## References

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1. ^ Spomenica pedesetogodišnjice Vojne akademije: 1850-1900. Vojna štamp. 1900. "Пеш. капетан II класе Живојин Рафаиловић."
2. ^ name="MilosavljevićLevi2006">cite book|author1=Milja Milosavljević|author2=Rebeka Levi|title=Kod dva bela goluba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxgWAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=IP Signature|page=102|isbn=9788683745616 |quote=Године 1902. основан је Главни одбор четничке орга- низације у који су ушли доктор Милорад Гођевац, Лука Ћ.е- ловић, Васа Јовановић, Жика Рафаиловић, Никола Спасић и Љуба Ковачевић.
3. ^ name=Krakov150>Krakov, p. 150
4. ^ name=Krakov150
5. ^ Krakov, pp. 161–164
6. ^ Viktor Novak (2008). Revue historique. Vol. 57\. p. 359\. "Жика Рафаиловић"
7. ^ name="Novak2008"

## Sources

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* Radoš Ljušić (2005). Vlade Srbije: 1805-2005. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. ISBN 9788617131119.
* "www.glas-javnosti.co.yu".
* "Vesti online / Vesti / Srbija / Najveće predratne afere (11): Oglodao kosti Nemanjića".