Jovo Kapičić
Jovo Kapičić | |
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Kapičić in 1944 | |
| Nickname | Jovo Kapa |
| Born | 2 September 1919 |
| Died | 9 December 2013 (aged 94) |
| Buried | City Cemetery, Cetinje |
| Allegiance | |
| Service years | 1941–1955 |
| Conflicts | World War II in Yugoslavia, Spanish Civil War |
| Awards | Order of the People's Hero |
Jovan "Jovo" Kapičić, born Jovan Kapa, (Cyrillic: Јован Јово Капичић); 2 September 1919 – 9 December 2013) was a Yugoslav General and post-war communist politician, most famous for founding "Naked Island" political concentration camp - famous for brutality. [1]
Early and personal life
Kapičić was born on 2 September 1919 in the Italian city of Gaeta where the Kingdom of Italy authorities had set up a large base for the Italian-supported exiled soldiers of the Royal Montenegrin Army following their unsuccessful 1919 Christmas Uprising against the Karađorđević dynasty. He was born with the surname Kapa, which he later changed to Kapičić. Jovo's father Milo Kapa was born in Ugnji near Cetinje, Montenegro, and he completed a theology degree. Later he was a theology professor and in 1918, he became a komita and joined the Montenegrin Federalist Party. Along with Jovo, Milo had two more sons (Pavle and Vlado) and a daughter Anka. Jovo was also an Ambassador of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in People's Republic of Hungary in 1956 after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Jovo joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1936.
Jovo's son Dragan is a retired basketball player and his grandson Stefan Kapičić is an actor.[2]
References
- ^ Narodni heroji Jugoslavije. Belgrade: Mladost, 1975
- ^ B92 (2013-12-09). "Preminuo Jovo Kapičić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
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