Jovo Kapičić
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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 | 1941–1955 |
Battles/wars | World War II in Yugoslavia, Spanish Civil War |
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, Montenegro, 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 was also an Ambassador of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in People's Republic of Hungary in 1956 after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.Jovo joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1936.He participated in in Belgrade.
Jovo's son Dragan is a retired basketball player and his grandson Stefan is an actor.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Narodni heroji Jugoslavije. Belgrade: Mladost, 1975
- ^ B92 (2013-12-09). "Preminuo Jovo Kapičić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
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- 1919 births
- 2013 deaths
- People from Gaeta
- Montenegrin communists
- Yugoslav communists
- Yugoslav Partisans members
- Generals of the Yugoslav People's Army
- Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero
- Order of the Polar Star
- Burials in Montenegro