Jovan Dragašević

{{short description|Serbian military officer and politician}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1836|02|16}}

|birth_place = Požarevac, Principality of Serbia

|death_date = {{death date and age|1915|07|14|1836|02|16}}

|death_place = Niš, Kingdom of Serbia

|placeofburial = Belgrade New Cemetery

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|serviceyears = 1860–1888

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|battles = Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878)

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Jovan Dragašević ({{lang-sr-cyr|Јован Драгашевић}}; Požarevac, 16 February 1836 – Niš, 14 July 1915) was a Serbian military geographer, historian and writer.

As Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia, he was Acting Chief of the Serbian General Staff from 1877 to 1878, during the Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878). He was also lecturer at the Military Academy and the Higher School in Belgrade, as well as honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy.{{sfn|Ivetić|2000|p=13}}{{sfn|Radojčić|2011|p=447}}