Janko Vukotić
Janko Vukotić | |
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7th Prime Minister of Montenegro | |
In office 8 May 1913 – 16 July 1915 | |
Monarch | Nicholas I |
Preceded by | Mitar Martinović |
Succeeded by | Milo Matanović |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 February 1866 Čevo, Principality of Montenegro |
Died | 4 February 1927 (age 60) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Montenegrin Army Royal Yugoslav Army |
Rank | General of the Army |
Battles/wars | Balkan Wars World War I |
Janko Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јанко Вукотић; 18 February 1866 – 4 February 1927) was a Montenegrin Serb serdar, general in the armies of the Principality and Kingdom of Montenegro in the Balkan Wars and World War I.
Biography
Vukotić was born in Čevo,[1] belonging to the Vukotić brotherhood; he was related to Petar and Milena Vukotić. He studied at the lower gymnasium at Cetinje, and at the Military Academy of Modena in Italy.[1]
Politics
Vukotić served as Minister of Defence of Kingdom of Montenegro in the periods of 1905-1907, 1911–1912 and 1913–1915, and as Prime Minister of Montenegro in 1913-1915.
Balkan Wars
Vukotić commanded the Montenegrin Eastern Army during the First Balkan War and the Montenegrin division of the First Serbian Army during the Second Balkan War, in which he distinguished himself at the Battle of Bregalnica.
World War I
During the First World War, Vukotić was the Chief of Staff of the Montenegrin Army and the Commander of the Sandžak Army of Montenegrin forces. He is most famous for winning the Battle of Mojkovac, in which his daughter, the only female participant, Vasilija Vukotić was a courier. He was taken prisoner after the fall of Montenegro in January 1916, and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner in Hungary.
Later years
After the war, Vukotić served as a general in the Royal Yugoslav Army until his death in 1927. He is interred in the Belgrade New Cemetery.[2]
References
- ^ a b Martinović 1957, p. 5.
- ^ Јавно комунално предузеће "Погребне услуге". "Јанко Вукотић".
Сахрањен је на Новом гробљу, Аркаде, гробница 8, реда I.
Sources
- Martinović, Niko S. (1957). Janko Vukotić i kapitulacije Crne Gore 1916 godine.
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