Josip Jović

Jović was born on 21 November 1969 in the village of Aržano, near Imotski, to Filip and Marija Jović. He was raised with four siblings, brother Tomislav and sisters Franka, Mirna and Anita. After completing his compulsory military service in a JNA Mechanised Infantry unit in Montenegro between 1987 and 1989, on 5 August 1990, Jović joined the Croatian Ministry of the Interior (MUP) Unit for Special Purposes in Zagreb. On 29 March 1991, the Plitvice Lakes management was expelled by rebel Krajina Serb policeIan Jeffries, Socialist Economies and the Transition to the Market: A Guide, p. 465. Routledge, 1993. {{ISBN|0-415-07580-7}} under the control of Milan Martić,International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, [https://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mar-2ai030909e.htm The Prosecutor against Milan Martić: Amended Indictment], 14 July 2003 supported by paramilitary volunteers from Serbia proper under the command of Vojislav Šešelj.International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, [https://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/ses-ii030115e.htm The Prosecutor against Vojislav Šešelj: Indictment], 15 January 2003 On Easter Sunday, 31 March 1991, Croatian police officers entered the national park to expel the Serb rebels. Serb paramilitaries ambushed a bus carrying Croatian police into the national park on the road north of Korenica, sparking a day-long gun battle between the two sides. Jović was struck by a burst of fire at the post-office building, penetrating his bulletproof vest. His colleague, Mladen Pavković, later described Jović's last moments before he was transferred to the ambulance. When a Yugoslav People's Army helicopter landed to transfer him to hospital, Jović was already dead. He was buried with military honors at the cemetery in Aržano.{{cite web|url=http://www.mup.hr/88982.aspx|title=In memoriam: Josip Jović|date=29 March 2011|publisher=Ministry of the Interior (Croatia)|language=hr|accessdate=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427192919/http://www.mup.hr/88982.aspx|archive-date=27 April 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dalmacijanews.com/Vijesti/View/tabid/74/ID/100226/Da-nije-bilo-Josipa-Jovica-i-ostalih-junaka-ne-bi-bilo-Hrvatske.aspx|title=Da nije bilo Josipa Jovića i ostalih junaka, ne bi bilo Hrvatske|date=26 September 2012|publisher=Dalmacija News|language=hr|accessdate=27 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121073756/http://www.dalmacijanews.com/Vijesti/View/tabid/74/ID/100226/Da-nije-bilo-Josipa-Jovica-i-ostalih-junaka-ne-bi-bilo-Hrvatske.aspx|archive-date=21 January 2013}}

Jović was posthumously promoted to the rank of major. He was awarded with the Order of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan, Homeland War Memorial Medal, 1st Guards Brigade Memorial badge and Memorial Medal of the first killed Ministry of the Interior police officer during the Croatian War of Independence.

On 29 September 2011, the Croatian prime minister, Jadranka Kosor, opened the "Police Academy Josip Jović" in Jović's honour.{{cite news | url=http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/obiljezen-pocetak-rada-srednje-policijske-skole-josip-jovic-clanak-331551|title=Obilježen početak rada Srednje policijske škole "Josip Jović"| date =29 September 2011 | newspaper = Večernji list | language=hr|accessdate=27 November 2012}}

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