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Colonel Jovan Dragašević
Native name	Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Драгашевић
Born	(1836-02-16)February 16, 1836 Požarevac, Principality of Serbia
Died	July 14, 1915(1915-07-14) (aged 79) Niš, Kingdom of Serbia
Buried	Belgrade New Cemetery 44°48′34″N 20°29′14″E / 44.80944°N 20.48722°E / 44.80944; 20.48722
Allegiance	Principality of Serbia  Kingdom of Serbia
Service / branch	Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia  Royal Serbian Army
Years of service	1860–1888
Rank	General Staff Colonel General (honorary; awarded 13 July 1900)
Commands	General Staff (Acting Chief)
Battles / wars	Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878)
Awards	Order of the Cross of Takovo Order of St. Sava
Spouse(s)	Mila Dragašević
Children	3

Jovan Dragašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Драгашевић; Požarevac, 16 February 1836 – Niš, 14 July 1915) was a Serbian military geographer, historian and writer.

As Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia, he was Acting Chief of the Serbian General Staff from 1877 to 1878, during the Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878). He was also lecturer at the Military Academy and the Higher School in Belgrade, as well as honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy.

References

1. Ivetić 2000, p. 13.
2. Radojčić 2011, p. 447.

Literature

• Ivetić, Velimir (2000). Načelnici generalštaba 1876—2000. Beograd: Novinsko-informativni centar VOJSКA.
• Radojčić, Stevan (2011). "Kosmometrija Jovana Dragaševića" (PDF). Zbornik radova konferencije "Razvoj astronomije kod Srba VI", Beograd, 22—26 April 2010 (Ur. M. S. Dimitrijević) (10). Beograd: Publikacija Astronomskog društva "Ruđer Bošković": 439–450.

v t e Chiefs of the Serbian General Staff
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)	František Zach (1876–77) Jovan Dragašević (1877–78)* Kosta Protić (1878–79)* Milojko Lešjanin (1879–80) Jovan Andjelković (1880–82)
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)	Milojko Lešjanin (1882–85; 1886–88) Jovan Mišković (1888–90) Radomir Putnik (1890–92)* Jovan Mišković (1893–96) Jovan Atanacković (1897–98)* Dimitrije Cincar-Marković (1901–02) Svetozar T. Nešić (1902–03)* Radomir Putnik (1903–04) Živojin Mišić (1904)* Radomir Putnik (1904–05) Aleksandar Mašin (1905–06)* Petar Bojović (1906–08)* Radomir Putnik (1908–15) Petar Bojović (1915–18) Živojin Mišić (1918)
Republic of Serbia (2006–present)	Zdravko Ponoš (2006–08) Miloje Miletić (2008–11) Ljubiša Diković (2011–18) Milan Mojsilović (2018–present)
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