Petar Bojović

Voivoda Petar Bojović GCLH, KCMG
Commander in Chief of the Yugoslavian Armed Forces
In office 3 April 1941 – 17 April 1941
Monarch	Peter II
Preceded by	Prince Paul
Succeeded by	Dušan Simović
Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces
In office 21 January 1921 – 8 December 1921
Monarch	Peter I Alexander I
Preceded by	Živojin Mišić
Succeeded by	Petar Pešić
Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army
In office 8 December 1915 – 1 July 1918
Monarch	Peter I
Preceded by	Radomir Putnik
Succeeded by	Živojin Mišić
Chief of the Serbian General Staff
In office 1906–1908
Monarch	Peter I
Preceded by	Aleksandar Mašin
Succeeded by	Radomir Putnik
Personal details
Born	(1858-06-16)16 June 1858 Miševići, Nova Varoš, Ottoman Empire
Died	19 January 1945(1945-01-19) (aged 86) Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Resting place	New Cemetery Belgrade
Spouse(s)	Mileva Bojović (1893–1945; his death)
Children	Božidar Bojović Vojislav Bojović Jelica Bojović Dobroslav Bojović Rada Bojović Radoslav Bojović
Alma mater	Military Academy Serbia
Profession	Army officer
Religion	Serbian Orthodox Christianity
Awards	Order of the Star of Karageorge Order of the Star of Karageorge with Swords Order of the Yugoslav Crown Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Military service
Allegiance	Principality of Serbia  Kingdom of Serbia  Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Service/branch	Serbian Army
Years of service	1876–1921 1941
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	Serbian 1st Army
Battles/wars	Serbo-Turkish War Serbo-Bulgarian War First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I World War II

Petar Bojović GCLH, KCMG (Serbian: Петар Бојовић, pronounced [pɛ̂tar bɔ̂ːjɔʋitɕ]; 16 July 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš – 19 January 1945 in Belgrade) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, World War I and World War II. Following the breakthrough on the Thessaloniki Front he was promoted to fourth Field Marshal.

Bojović was born on 16 July 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš. He had distant ancestry from the Vasojevići.

He fought in Serbian-Ottoman Wars from 1876 to 1878 as a cadet of the Artillery school, as well as in wars that Serbia waged at the beginning of the 20th century. He was Chief of the General Staff for the first time from 1905 to 1908.

In the Balkan Wars, he was the Chief of Staff of the 1st Army, which scored huge success in battles of Kumanovo, Bitola (First Balkan War) and Bregalnica (Second Balkan War). He took part in peace negotiations with Turkey, held in London in 1913, as a military expert in the Serbian Government delegation.

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