Dragomir Vučković (; 1844 – 10 December 1899) was a Serbian colonel who participated in the
Serbian-Turkish Wars and the
Serbo-Bulgarian War
The Serbo-Bulgarian War or the Serbian–Bulgarian War ( bg, Сръбско-българска война, ''Srăbsko-bălgarska voyna'', sr, Српско-бугарски рат, ''Srpsko-bugarski rat'') was a war between the Kingdom of Ser ...
of 1885. As Minister of the Army, he was heavily involved in the modernisation of the
Serbian Army
The Serbian Army ( sr-cyr, Копнена војска Србије, Kopnena vojska Srbije, lit=Serbian Land Army) is the land-based and the largest component of the Serbian Armed Forces.
History
Originally established in 1830 as the Army of Pr ...
.
In 1874, he served as an
adjutant to Colonel Radovan Miletić before and during the Serbian-Turkish Wars.
He then served as Minister of the Army of Serbia in the
Ministry of Defence from 11 October 1897 until his death. During that period, he was part of the Cabinet of
Vladan Đorđević
Ipokrat "Vladan" Đorđević (, sr-Cyrl, Владан Ђорђевић, 21 November 1844 – 31 August 1930) was a Serbian politician, diplomat, physician, prolific writer, and organizer of the State Sanitary Service. He held the post of mayor ...
.
On 10 December 1899, Vučković died in Belgrade due to a sudden heart attack during transit.
References
External links
* Photograph of Colonel Dragomir Vučković:
Датотека:Пуковник Драгомир Вучковић.jpg
1844 births
1899 deaths
Military personnel from Belgrade
Defence ministers of Serbia
People of the Serbo-Bulgarian War
19th-century Serbian people
Date of birth missing
Place of birth missing
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