Dobrica Matković

Dobrica Matković (Serbian Cyrillic: Добрица Матковић; 29 November 1887 – 9 October 1973) was a Serbian veteran of the World War I and a politician. Appointed as head of the Department for State Protection in 1929,^[1] he served as governor of the Danube Banovina between 1933 and 1935, and governor of the Morava Banovina between 1935 and 1936.

Matković in 1933

Born in Gornji Milanovac, Kingdom of Serbia, Matković served in the Serbian army during World War I. He retreated through Albania with the army. Matković became the veliki župan (head) of Bregalnica County in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He ordered and oversaw the massacre of 28-29 male inhabitants by Yugoslav regular troops in the village of Garvan in 3 March 1923.^[2][3] Historian Yves Tomic estimated the number of casualties as 53.^[4] The massacre was done in retaliation to an attack by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against the Serbian colony of Kadrifakovo (resulting in 23-26 casualties and 15 wounded people) or the killing of 2 Yugoslav soldiers in Garvan.^[2][3][5]

He died long after the end of the wars and was buried in Savinac.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia
• Danube Banovina

References

1. "History / Security Information Agency". Bia.gov.rs. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
2. Dimitar Bechev (2019). Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 179. ISBN 9781538119624.
3. Dmitar Tasić (2020). Paramilitarism in the Balkans: The Cases of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Albania, 1917-1924. Oxford University Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780198858324.
4. Yves Tomic (7 June 2010). "Massacres in Dismembered Yugoslavia, 1941-1945". SciencesPo.
5. Nada Boskovska (2017). Yugoslavia and Macedonia Before Tito: Between Repression and Integration. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 9781786720733.