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Rade Hamović

Bosnian Serb general officer

44°48′34″N 20°29′14″E / 44.80944°N 20.48722°E / 44.80944; 20.48722Allegiance

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaService/branch

Royal Yugoslav Army

Yugoslav Partisans

Yugoslav People's Army

Yugoslav Ground Forces

Years of service1936–1941
1941–1968Rank

Colonel GeneralCommands heldChief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army (1961–1967)Battles/warsInvasion of Yugoslavia
World War II in YugoslaviaAwards

Order of the People's Hero (23 July 1952)Spouse(s)Ljerka Durbešić
Ljerka Kervina-HamovićChildrenVuk Hamović^[1]

Rade Hamović (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Хамовић; 13 February 1916 – 19 May 2009) was a Bosnian Serb general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the JNA from 16 June 1961 to 15 June 1967.^[2]^[3]

Previously, he held the rank of potporuchnik (junior officer) of the Royal Yugoslav Army, after graduating from the Military Academy in Belgrade in 1936, as one of the top 10 cadets in his class. During World War II in Yugoslavia, he was a member of the Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans.

References

^ Slobodan Bubnjević (17 January 2008). "Trgovac mrakom na veliko – Portret savremenika — Vuk Hamović". vreme.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ "Poslednji od desetorice – In Memoriam". vreme.com (in Serbian). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Vlado Klemenčič (24 June 2009). "V spomin Radeta Hamovića". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 23 May 2022.