Josip Jović

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Josip Jović
Jović during his military service in the Yugoslav People's Army c. 1988
Born(1969-11-21)21 November 1969
Aržano, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died31 March 1991(1991-03-31) (aged 21)
Plitvice, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Resting place
Aržano Cemetery
Allegiance SFR Yugoslavia (1987–89)
 SR Croatia (1990–91)
RankPoliceman
UnitCroatian Special Police
Battles/wars

Josip Jović (21 November 1969 – 31 March 1991) was a Croatian policeman who was killed during the Plitvice Lakes incident. He is widely considered the first Croatian fatality of the Croatian War of Independence.[1]

Biography

Jović was born on 21 November 1969 in the village of

bulletproof vest. His colleague, Mladen Pavković, later described Jović's last moments before he was transferred to the ambulance. When a Yugoslav People's Army helicopter landed to transfer him to hospital, Jović was already dead. He was buried with military honors at the cemetery in Aržano.[5][6]

Honors

Jović was posthumously promoted to the rank of major. He was awarded with the Order of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan, Homeland War Memorial Medal, 1st Guards Brigade Memorial badge and Memorial Medal of the first killed Ministry of the Interior police officer during the Croatian War of Independence.[5]

On 29 September 2011, the Croatian prime minister, Jadranka Kosor, opened the "Police Academy Josip Jović" in Jović's honour.[7]

References

  1. ^ "UBIUDR: Josip Jović Junak Domovinskog rata". Nacional (in Croatian). 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2019. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  2. ISBN 0-415-07580-7
  3. ^ International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Prosecutor against Milan Martić: Amended Indictment, 14 July 2003
  4. ^ International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Prosecutor against Vojislav Šešelj: Indictment, 15 January 2003
  5. ^ a b "In memoriam: Josip Jović" (in Croatian). Ministry of the Interior (Croatia). 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Da nije bilo Josipa Jovića i ostalih junaka, ne bi bilo Hrvatske" (in Croatian). Dalmacija News. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Obilježen početak rada Srednje policijske škole "Josip Jović"". Večernji list (in Croatian). 29 September 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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