Jovo Kapičić
Jovo Kapičić | |
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![]() Kapičić in 1944 | |
Nickname(s) | Jovo Kapa |
Born | Gaeta, Kingdom of Italy | 2 September 1919
Died | 9 December 2013 Belgrade, Serbia | (aged 94)
Buried | City Cemetery, Cetinje |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Years of service | 1941–45 |
Battles/wars | World War II in Yugoslavia |
Awards | Order of the People's Hero |
Jovan "Jovo" Kapičić, born Jovan Kapa, (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Јово Капичић; 2 September 1919 – 9 December 2013) was a Yugoslav General and post-war politician.[1]
He was awarded the Order of the People's Hero on 10 July 1950.[1]
Early and personal life
Kapičić was born on 2 September 1919 in the Italian city of Gaeta where the Kingdom of Italy authorities had set up a large base for the Italian-supported exiled soldiers of the Royal Montenegrin Army following their unsuccessful 1919 Christmas Uprising against the Karađorđević dynasty. Jovo's father Milo Kapa was born in Ugnji near Cetinje and he completed a theology degree. Later he was a theology professor and in 1918, he became a komita and joined the Montenegrin Federalist Party. Along with Jovo, Milo had two more sons (Pavle and Vlado) and a daughter Anka.
Jovo's son Dragan is a retired basketball player and his grandson Stefan is an actor.[2]
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