General Jovan Divjak died in Sarajevo at the Age of 84
April 8, 2021 8:00 PM
by Y.Z
General Jovan Divjak, a former member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, died in Sarajevo today, at the age of 84.
Divjak was a Bosnian army general who served as the Deputy Commander of the Bosnian army’s main staff until 1994, during the Bosnian War.
Divjak was born in Belgrade to parents originally from the Bosanska Krajina region of Bosnia. His father was stationed in the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) in Serbia. His family, like himself when he was alive, currently reside in Sarajevo, where Divjak moved in 1966. From 1956 to 1959, he attended the Military Academy in Belgrade. In 1964 and 1965, he attended the École d’État Major in Paris. Although Divjak is an ethnic Serb born in Serbia, he identified as a Bosnian.