Jovo Bećir

Jovo Bećir (Serbian Cyrillic: Јово Бећир; 14 September 1870 – 1942) was a Montenegrin brigadier general and a colonel of the Royal Yugoslav Army.

General Jovo Bećir
Born	(1870-09-14)14 September 1870 Njeguši, Principality of Montenegro
Died	1942(1942-00-00) (aged 71–72) Jasenovac concentration camp, Independent State of Croatia
Allegiance	Principality of Montenegro Kingdom of Montenegro Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1890–1922 1941
Rank	General
Unit	Herzegovina Detachment
Battles / wars	First Balkan War Siege of Scutari World War I Battle of Mojkovac (POW) World War II Invasion of Yugoslavia

Biography

Bećir was a brigadier general in the Royal Montenegrin Army during the Montenegrin Campaign of World War I. On 25 January 1916, he was one of the signatories of the Montenegrin capitulation after the Battle of Mojkovac.

He was a colonel in the Army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the interwar period. Although retired, he was activated at the beginning of the Invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. After the defeat of the Yugoslav forces, he was captured and then released due to the intervention of Queen Jelena, but after he rejected to take part in the Italian governorate of Montenegro, he was again captured in late 1941 by Croatian fascist units known as the Ustaše and taken to Jasenovac concentration camp where he was killed in 1942.