Božidar Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар Јанковић; 7 December 1849 – 7 July 1920) was a Serbian army

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commander of the Serbian Third Army during the

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between the

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and the

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. In 1901 he served as Minister of the Army in the

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Biography

He 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

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. In

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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

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. The town of Elez Han in

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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.

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1849 births 1920 deaths Military personnel from Belgrade Serbian soldiers People of the Serbo-Bulgarian War Serbian military personnel of World War I Defence ministers of Serbia {{Serbia-bio-stub

Biography

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