Mladen Žujović (1895–1969) was a Serbian and Yugoslav attorney and professor of Law at Belgrade University. He was known as member of British-supported secret society Konspiracija and during the World War II as a member of the Central National Committee of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and since 1943 commander of Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland in Dalmatia, Lika and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Biography Žujović was born on 5 June 1895 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia. He was attorney PhD and professor at Belgrade University.
On 8 August 1938 a secret society Konspiracija, established to perform a coup d'état and overthrow regime of Prince Pavle with support of United Kingdom had their first meeting presided by Slobodan Jovanović:"„Конспирације", поред њега и председавајућег Слободана Јовановића, in a house of Žujović. Dragiša Vasić, Milan Žujović and Milan Nikolić were members of the Executive Council of the Conspiracy.
Together with Dragiša Vasić, Žujović created a plan to establish Central National Committee of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (CNK).:"План о стварању Централног националног комитета покренули су Младен Жујовић и Драгиша Васић." Žujović went to Belgrade to select candidates for membership of CNK. Eventually he recruited a number of people while he personally was a member of the CNK.:"Mladen Zujovic was dispatched to Belgrade to select the candidates for 24 membership and to organize the CNK. He appears to have recruited a number of personalities, ..."
Since May 1943 he moved to Split. At the end of June 1943, Italians arrested Žujović in action against Chetniks coordinated with Germans who arrested Pavle Đurišić earlier. After he was appointed as a delegate of Draža Mihailović for Dalmatia, Lika and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina with rank of Lieutenant Colonel.:"...Младена Жујовића, члана ЦНК, који је од маја 1943. делегат Драже Михаиловића за Далмацију. ":"... и потпуковник Младен Жујовић, командант свих чeтника у Далмацији, Лици, западној Босни и Херцеговини.":"Mihailovic meant his Delegate assigned to Dalmatia in 1943, Mladen Zujovic, to assume complete command over the local Chetniks"
When Italian forces surrendered to communist forces in Dalmatia in the autumn of 1943 Žujović fled to Italy and then to Cairo.:"Lieutenant Colonel Acimovic is the alias of the Beograd attorney, Mladen Zujovic. After the fall of Italy and the liberation of a large part of Dalmatia by Partisan units, he fled to Italy in the autumn of 1943. He showed up in Cairo, where he gave a ..." He was sentenced to death in absentia during the trial against Draza Mihailovic and his accomplices. Žujović died in Paris, France, 1969.
Thanks to Teodora Žujović the manuscripts of Mladen Žujović that he took with him as a refugee were published.
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