Jovan Atanacković

Jovan Atanacković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Атанацковић, March 24, 1848 – August 9, 1921) was a Serbian general.

Born in Negotin, he finished gymnasium in his home town, after which he entered the Serbian Military Academy in Belgrade. Jovan entered the army service as a cadet of the 7th Artillery School on October 9, 1865. He was ranked third in his class when he finished his education in 1870, and then he was made the 1st artillery lieutenant.

After he finished the Artillery School he was first made sergeant of the 1st field battery of the Standing Army, on January 7, 1871; he was then made registrar in the Artillery Inspection. From April 1872 he was a commander of the people's battery of Ćuprija, and from April 8, 1874 he was made sergeant in the 1st Artillery Regiment of the Standing Army. He was made commander of the 1st Mountain Battery on April 15, 1875. He was made commander of the 2nd Heavy Battery of Timok on April 17, 1876, with which he participated in the First Serbian-Turkish War in 1876/77. He became chief of staff of the Krajina Army on June 10, 1877. After three months, on September 9, he was appointed chief of staff of Drina Corps and he remained on that function during operations in the Second Serbian-Turkish War. He became chief of staff of Drina Division on October 5, 1878, and after a year, on October 23, 1879, he was transferred to the General Staff Division and attached to the Office of Prince Milan Obrenović.

On April 1, 1880, Jovan was appointed acting Chief of Staff of the Artillery Brigade until October 30, 1882, when he became Chief of Staff of the Active Army Command. On February 15, 1883 he was appointed commander of the 11th Battalion of the Standing Army, and on October 12 of the same year, he was named acting commander of the Šumadija Standing Infantry Regiment. He became Chief of Operative Division of the Staff of the Supreme Command on November 2, 1885. While there he participated in the war against Bulgaria in 1885. He was named Chief of Staff of the Danube Division Area on March 1, 1886. Afterwards, he returned to the Šumadija Standing Infantry Regiment on April 30, 1888, but this time as commander.

On August 25, Jovan was appointed chief of the Internal Section of the Operative Division of the Main General Staff. He was then named chief of History and Archive Division of the Main General Staff, on March 27, 1889, and he remained on that duty until February 10, 1893, when he became commander of the Timok Division Area. On September 2, 1894 he was appointed chief of General Military Division of the Ministry of Defense. While he was on that duty, in the period 1894-1896, he was the editor of the Official Military Gazette. He was named assistant and acting chief of the Main General Staff March 18, 1897. After that, on February 1, 1899 he was appointed commander of the Belgrade Fortress and he remained on that duty until May 25 of the same year. At the same time, he was appointed president of the Artillery Committee.

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