Ilija Gojković

*General*
Ilija Gojković
General Ilija Gojković
; 38th Minister of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia
	In office; 4 March 1910 – 11 February 1911
Monarch	Peter I
Prime Minister	Stojan Novaković ; Nikola Pašić
Preceded by	Milutin Marinović
Succeeded by	Stepa Stepanović
Personal details
Born	2 August 1854; General
Unit	1st Morava Infantry Division; Timok Army
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars Battle of Prilep; Battle of Kumanovo; Battle of Monastir; Battle of Bregalnica; World War I Battle of Cer; Battle of Kolubara;

Ilija Gojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Гојковић; 2 August 1854 – 15 February 1917) was a Serbian military commander and Minister of Defence. He became well-known for commanding the Serbs in the east around Timok.

He served during the

Balkans Campaign) during World War I

.

Career

Gojković was the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Serbia from 4 March 1910 to 24 February 1911. He commanded Morava division 1st ban during the Battle of Cer and was criticized by the commander of the 2nd army, general Stepa Stepanović for lackluster performance on the 1st day of the battle, but performed well thereafter and contributed significantly to the Serbian victory.

Death

While traveling to the Salonica front, his boat was hit by a German torpedo boat near Sicily. Gojković refused to surrender and was killed while shooting back at the torpedo boat. He drowned in the Ionian Sea.^[1]

Gojković was the highest ranking member of the Serbian Army that died in combat during the

First World War.^[2]

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Čovek koji je pucao na nemačku podmornicu (in Serbian)

Government offices
Preceded by Milutin Marinović	Minister of Defence 1910–1911	Succeeded by Stepa Stepanović

[1] Đeneral Božanović, Politika, issue 4931, 15 January 1922, pg. 2^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Zaboravljeni pomorski vojvoda (Politika, 5 February 2017)

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Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)	Miodrag Jokić Tomislav Simović Marko Negovanović
Republic of Serbia (2006–)	Zoran Stanković Dragan Šutanovac Aleksandar Vučić Nebojša Rodić Bratislav Gašić Dušan Vujović* Zoran Đorđević Aleksandar Vulin Nebojša Stefanović Miloš Vučević
*Acting Minister

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany

Career

Death

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