Božidar Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Јанковић; 7 December 1849 – 7 July 1920) was a Serbian army general commander of the Serbian Third Army during the First Balkan War between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire. In 1901 he served as Minister of the Army in the Ministry of Defence.
Božidar Janković | |
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 Božidar Janković | |
.svg){kind=small} 23rd Minister of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia | |
| In office 27 April 1901 – 3 August 1901 | |
| Monarch | Peter I |
| Prime Minister | Mihailo Vujić |
| Preceded by | Miloš Vasić |
| Succeeded by | Čedomilj Miljković |
.svg){kind=small} 1st Chief of the Supreme Command of the Kingdom of Montenegro | |
| In office 6 August 1914 – 20 April 1915 | |
| Commander-in-chief | Nicholas I |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Petar Pešić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1849 Belgrade, Serbia |
| Died | 7 July 1920 (aged 70) Herceg Novi, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Serbian Third Army[1] |
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Biography
editHe graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff School. He became State Secretary of Military Matters of Serbia in 1902. As President of the National Defence, he participated in the Chetnik fighting for Macedonia.
In World War I he was the Chief of Staff of the Montenegrin Supreme Command until June 1915 and a delegate of the Serbian Supreme Command at the Montenegrin Supreme Command.
Janković died on 7 July 1920 in the town of Herceg Novi.[2] The town of Elez Han in Kosovo was named 'Đeneral Janković' after him. His son Milojko B. Jankovic (1884 - 1973) was the army general in the army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
He was awarded Order of the White Eagle and a number of other decorations.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mile Bjelajac, Vojska Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca 1918-1921, 1988 - стр. 97
- ^ "† Ђенерал Божа Јанковић" (in Serbian). Politika. 8 July 1920. Retrieved 30 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 94.
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