Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour

This article is about a Yugoslavian decoration. For other uses, see Hero of Socialist Labour (disambiguation).

Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour
Order of the Hero of Socialist labour badge and ribbon bar
Award of  Yugoslavia
Type	Order of merit with one degree
Ribbon
Eligibility	Citizens, companies and sports teams
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in professional work[1]
Established	8 December 1948[1]
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the People's Hero
Next (lower)	Order of the People's Liberation[2]

Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (Serbo-Croatian: Orden junaka socijalističkog rada, Slovene: Red junaka socialističnega dela, Macedonian: Орден на јунак на социјалистичката работа) was the fourth highest state decoration awarded in Yugoslavia.^[2][3] It was awarded to the citizens, companies and sports teams for the outstanding achievements in their professional work.^[1] The order was awarded a total of 114 times until 1986.^[1] After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, awarding of the Order was discontinued.^[4]

Along with the order, the recipient was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour (Serbo-Croatian: Junak socjalističkog rada, Slovene: Junak socialističnega dela, Macedonian: Jунак на социјалистичката работа).

History

The Order of the Hero of socialist labour was founded on on 8 December 1948 in resemblance to the Soviet title of Hero of Socialist Labour. The order was awarded by the President of Yugoslavia.^[5]

Recipients

The Order was awarded a total of 114 until 1986. Some of the notable recipients are:

• Josip Broz Tito — awarded in 1950^[6]
• Ivo Andrić — awarded on 9 October 1972
• Vladimir Bakarić
• Džemal Bijedić
• Veljko Vlahović
• Ivan Gošnjak
• Oskar Davičo
• Peko Dapčević
• Stane Dolanc
• Edvard Kardelj
• Boris Kidrič
• Lazar Koliševski
• Miroslav Krleža
• Mihailo Lalić
• Cvijetin Mijatović
• Kosta Nađ
• Moša Pijade
• Hamdija Pozderac
• Aleksandar Ranković
• Ivan Ribar
• Pavle Savić
• Đuro Salaj
• Alija Sirotanović
• Petar Stambolić
• Rodoljub Čolaković
• Mika Špiljak

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Sammler.ru: Order of Hero of Socialist Labor (Russian)
2. ^ ^{a b} Orders and Decorations of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1945-90 by Lukasz Gaszewski 2000, 2003
3. ^ Standard magazin: Srbija ponovo dijeli odlikovanja, br.133, 05.12.2008. (Serbo-Croatian)
4. ^ Orders and Decorations of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1990- by Lukasz Gaszewski 2000, 2003
5. ^ Sammler.ru: Certificate of the order awarded to Rude Kolak
6. ^ see: Awards and decorations of Josip Broz Tito