Janko Vukotić

Janko Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јанко Вукотић; 18 February 1866 – 4 February 1927) was a Montenegrin serdar, general in the armies of the Principality and Kingdom of Montenegro in the Balkan Wars and World War I.

Janko Vukotić
Јанко Вукотић
3rd Prime Minister of Kingdom of Montenegro
In office 8 May 1913 – 2 January 1916 [1] [2]
Monarch	Nicholas I
Preceded by	Mitar Martinović
Succeeded by	Lazar Mijušković [3]
5th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Montenegro
In office 9 September 1915 – 2 January 1916 [4]
Monarch	Nicholas I
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Petar Plamenac
Succeeded by	Lazar Mijušković
2nd Minister of War of the Principality of Montenegro
In office 19 December 1905 – 24 November 1906
Monarch	Nicholas I
Prime Minister	Lazar Mijušković
Preceded by	Ilija Plamenac
Succeeded by	Danilo Gatalo
4th and 6th Minister of War of the Kingdom of Montenegro
In office 23 August 1911 – 19 June 1912
Monarch	Nicholas I
Prime Minister	Lazar Tomanović
Preceded by	Marko Đukanović
Succeeded by	Mitar Martinović
In office 8 May 1913 – 16 July 1915 [5]
Monarch	Nicholas I
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Mitar Martinović
Succeeded by	Mašan Božović
Commander of the Herzegovina Detachment
In office 28 August 1910 – 16 January 1916 Serving with Luka Gojnić,[6] Mitar Martinović[7] and Radomir Vešović[8]
Commander-in-chief	Nicholas I
Ministers of War	Mitar Martinović Ivo Đurović Marko Đukanović Himself Mitar Martinović Himself Mašan Božović Radomir Vešović
Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Kingdom of Montenegro
In office 6 August 1914 – 16 January 1916
Monarch	Nicholas I [9]
Chief of the Montenegrin Supreme Command	Božidar Janković Petar Pešić
Prime Minister	Himself Lazar Mijušković
Minister of War	Himself [10] Mašan Božović Radomir Vešović
Personal details
Born	18 February 1866 Čevo, Principality of Montenegro
Died	4 February 1927 (age 60) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Resting place	Belgrade New Cemetery
Military service
Branch/service	Montenegrin Army Royal Yugoslav Army
Rank	Army General
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars World War I

Biography

Vukotić meets with Field Marshal Petar Bojović

Vukotić was born in Čevo,^[11] belonging to the Vukotić brotherhood; he was related to Petar and Milena Vukotić. He studied at the lower gymnasium at Cetinje, and at the Military Academy of Modena in Italy.^[11]

Politics

Vukotić served as Minister of Defence of Kingdom of Montenegro in the periods of 1905–1907, 1911–1912 and 1913–1915, and as Prime Minister of Montenegro in 1913–1916.

Balkan Wars

Vukotić commanded the Montenegrin Eastern Army during the First Balkan War and the Montenegrin division of the First Serbian Army during the Second Balkan War, in which he distinguished himself at the Battle of Bregalnica.

World War I

During the First World War, Vukotić was the Chief of Staff of the Montenegrin Army and the Commander of the Sandžak Army of Montenegrin forces. He is most famous for winning the Battle of Mojkovac, in which his daughter, the only female participant, Vasilija Vukotić was assigned to his headquarters to conduct correspondence. Despite frequent writings, he was not taken prisoner after the fall of Montenegro in January 1916. According to information from his son, Vukasin Vukotic, after the fall of Montenegro, a treaty was signed with the Austrians and the Montenegrins went home. Later there were uprisings in the north, attacks on Austrian troops and slaying of Austrian officers. When they requested he subside the attacks of komits in the north who assaulted Austrian officers, he refused explaining that they had a right to do so because the Austrians were occupants. He was interned - house arrest with his family - in Bjelovar because he refused to cooperate with the Austrian authorities. In his free time there he wrote his memoirs, the text beginning with: "Today in Bjelovar..."

Later years

After the war, Vukotić served as a general in the Royal Yugoslav Army until his death in 1927. He is interred in the Belgrade New Cemetery.^[12]