Dragomir Vučković (; 1844 – 10 December 1899) was a Serbian colonel who participated in the
Serbian-Turkish Wars and the
Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885. As Minister of the Army, he was heavily involved in the modernisation of the
Serbian Army.
In 1874, he served as an
adjutant
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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
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from 11 October 1897 until his death. During that period, he was part of the Cabinet of
Vladan Đorđević.
On 10 December 1899, Vučković died in Belgrade due to a sudden heart attack during transit.
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* 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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