| Jovan Veselinov Јован Веселинов | |
| Office: | 3rd President of Serbia |
| Term Start: | April 1957 |
| Term End: | 26 June 1963 |
| Primeminister: | Miloš Minić Slobodan Penezić Krcun |
| Predecessor: | Petar Stambolić |
| Successor: | Dušan Petrović |
| Office2: | 49th Prime Minister of Serbia |
| Term Start2: | December 1953 |
| Term End2: | April 1957 |
| President2: | Petar Stambolić |
| Predecessor2: | Petar Stambolić |
| Successor2: | Miloš Minić |
| Office3: | 3rd Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia |
| Term Start3: | April 1957 |
| Term End3: | 6 November 1966 |
| Predecessor3: | Petar Stambolić |
| Successor3: | Dobrivoje Radosavljević |
| Birth Date: | 1906 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kumane, Austria-Hungary |
| Nationality: | Yugoslavia (Yugoslav) |
| Death Place: | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Party: | League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) |
| Nickname: | Žarko |
Jovan Veselinov Žarko (20 January 1906 – 8 February 1982) was a Serbian communist politician. He served as President of Serbia, Prime Minister of Serbia and as a Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. He was a Partisan fighter in World War II, and was proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia.[1] [2]
Famed economist and politician Edvard Kardelj was shot and wounded on a hunting trip in 1959 by Veselinov. Although the official police investigation concluded that Veselinov had been shooting at a wild boar and a ricochet from a rock struck Kardelj, it was suggested at the time that the assassination attempt was orchestrated by his political rival Aleksandar Ranković or Ranković's ally Slobodan Penezić.[3] [4]