Honorific Prefix: | General |
Rade Hamović | |
Native Name: | Serbian: Раде Хамовић |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1916 |
Birth Place: | Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Placeofburial: | Belgrade New Cemetery |
Placeofburial Coordinates: | 44.8094°N 20.4872°W |
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Branch: | |
Serviceyears: | 1936–1941 1941–1968 |
Rank: | Colonel General |
Commands: | Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army (1961–1967) |
Battles: | Invasion of Yugoslavia World War II in Yugoslavia |
Awards: | Order of the People's Hero (23 July 1952) |
Spouse: | Ljerka Durbešić Ljerka Kervina-Hamović |
Children: | Vuk Hamović[1] |
Rade Hamović (Serbian: 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.