Aleksandar Mašin
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Aleksandar J. Mašín (Czech: Aleksandár Mašín; Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 24 May 1857 - Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 18 April 1910) was a colonel in the General Staff of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia. He is one of the organizers of the May Coup in 1903, which overthrew and killed King Aleksandar Obrenović. He was the Minister of Construction in the government of Jovan Avakumović.
Biography[edit]
He was born on 24 May 1857 in Belgrade to father Jovan, the court physician of Prince Mihailo and King Milan Obrenović, and mother Barbora. After finishing the sixth grade of the grammar school in Belgrade, he entered the Artillery School in 1871, which he finished in 1876 when he was promoted to the rank of infantry lieutenant. He graduated from the Higher School of the Military Academy, a two-year officer school in Vienna and general staff training, and became a general staff captain of the first class in 1885. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1893 and received the rank of colonel in 1898.
He retired in 1900, reactivated on May 29, 1903, when he joined the May coup as the oldest officer. He was the brother-in-law of Queen Draga Obrenović, who was married to his brother Svetozar before marrying King Alexander. He thought that his ex-daughter-in-law might have killed his brother, and for those reasons, he joined the conspirators led by Dragutin Dimitrijevic Apis. He retired again on May 29, 1906, at the request of the British government.
More important duties[edit]
During the First Serbian-Turkish War, he worked at the headquarters of the Volunteer Corps on the Drina. He was the commander of the infantry battalion in the Second Serbian-Turkish War and the Serbian-Bulgarian War. He was also the commander of the infantry regiment, professor at the Military Academy, chief of staff of the division, military envoy in Vienna (1897-1898), ambassador to the court of the Montenegrin prince (1897-1898), envoy of Serbia to the Hague Conference (1899), minister of construction (1903), Commander of the Danube Divisional Area (1904) and Acting Chief of the General Staff (1905-1906).
He was awarded the Order of the Takovo Cross of the third degree, the Order of the White Eagle of the third degree, the Order of Karadjordj's Star of the second degree, the Order of Milos the Great of the fourth degree, the Gold Medal for Courage, the Silver Medal for Courage, war memorials 1876, 1877-1878. and in 1885 with the Medal of King Peter the First. [1] As a military writer and translator, he published notable articles and translations, mostly in the magazine "Ratnik".
He died in Belgrade, after a "serious illness", 5 April 1910. He was buried in the Belgrade New Cemetery. [2]
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