Mašan Božović

Mašan Božović
Mašan Božović
Машан Божовић
; 7th Minister of War of Kingdom of Montenegro
	In office; 16 July 1915 – 2 January 1916
Monarch	Nicholas I
Prime Minister	Janko Vukotić
Preceded by	Janko Vukotić
Succeeded by	Radomir Vešović
; 2nd Mayor of Cetinje
	In office; 1899–1904
Preceded by	Božo Novaković
Succeeded by	Savo Vuletić
Personal details
Born	4 March 1858; Stijena, Principality of Montenegro
Died	25 September 1920 (aged 61); Podgorica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Other political; affiliations	Independent
Occupation	Military officer
Awards	Medal of Courage
Military service
Allegiance	Montenegro
Branch/service	Montenegro Army
Years of service	1877–1920
Rank	Serdar
Battles/wars	Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–1878); WW1

Mašan Božović (Serbian Cyrillic: Машан Божовић), was a Montenegrin military officer, Minister of War of the Kingdom of Montenegro, President of the Municipality of Cetinje, Serdar, born in Piperi.^[2]

Biography

He volunteered in the Montenegrin-Ottoman War of 1876–1878. He was a first-generation cadet of the Italian Military Academy from 1882 to 1886. He was President of the Municipality of Cetinje from 1899 to 1904. He participated in the leadership of the Montenegrin detachment in Crete, where troops were stationed on the island as part of international peacekeeping. He was reactivated in 1910. He was commander of the Prekotar detachment in 1912–1913, one of the Bobov detachments in Sandić, and commander of the Second Division of the Sandžak Army during World War I. He was appointed Serdar in 1915, when he served as Minister of War from 16 July 1915 to 2 January 1916. On December 5, 1915, he was awarded the title of serdar of Piperi for his successful command in the war. From 1915 he was the commander of the Old Serbian detachment. From 1916 to 1918 he was in a camp in Hungary. After unification, as a colonel in the Yugoslav Army, he served as a regimental commander and local commander in Podgorica. He was awarded the Medal of Courage.

Literature

Narodna rije, Cetinje, September 29, 1920

Montenegrin Almanac, Subotica 1929
Military Encyclopedia 1, Belgrade 1970
Text by Rista Dragičević, JLZ Zagreb, Scientific Advisor to the Historical Institute of the Yugoslav Encyclopedia 1982

References

^ Risto Popović as interim and Mirko M. Mijušković as interim, together with Risto Popović, since 3 October 1915
^ Antena M (21 February 2019). "Mašan B. Božović– od crnogorskog serdara, brigadira i ministra vojnog do srpskog pukovnika i progonitelja komita" [Mašan B. Božović: de serdar, brigadier y ministro del ejército montenegrino a coronel serbio y perseguidor del Comita] (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 November 2023.

[1] Risto Popović as interim and Mirko M. Mijušković as interim, together with Risto Popović, since 3 October 1915

[2] Antena M (21 February 2019). "Mašan B. Božović– od crnogorskog serdara, brigadira i ministra vojnog do srpskog pukovnika i progonitelja komita" [Mašan B. Božović: de serdar, brigadier y ministro del ejército montenegrino a coronel serbio y perseguidor del Comita] (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 November 2023.

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