Leon Rupnik
Leon Rupnik | |
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Leon Rupnik during World War II | |
| Nickname | Lev |
| Born | August 10, 1880 |
| Died | September 4, 1946 (aged 66) |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Allegiance | Austria-Hungary (1895–1918) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1919–1941) |
| Service years | 1895–1941, 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Divisional General |
| Unit | Slovene Home Guard |
| Conflicts | First World War, Second World War |
| Relations | Vuk Rupnik |
Leon Rupnik, also known as Lav Rupnik or Lev Rupnik (August 10, 1880 – September 4, 1946) was a Slovene general in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia who collaborated with the Fascist Italian and Nazi German occupation forces during World War II. Rupnik served as the President of the Provincial Government of the Nazi-occupied Province of Ljubljana from November 1943 to early May 1945. Between September 1944 and early May 1945, he also served as chief inspector of the Slovene Home Guard (Slovene: Domobranci), a collaborationist militia, although he did not have any military command until the last month of the war.