Milan Ciganović

{{Short description|Serbian revolutionary}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Milan Ciganović

| image = Ciganović crop.jpg

| image_size = 205px

| caption = Ciganović in 1914

| birth_date = 1888

| birth_place = Bosanski Petrovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|9|1|1888|||df=yes}}

| death_place = Trubarevo, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

}}

Milan Ciganović ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Милан Цигановић}}; 1888 – 1 September 1927) was a Serbian revolutionary and one of the main organizers of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914.{{Cite web |title=Atentatori kreću u akciju |url=https://www.novosti.rs/dodatni_sadrzaj/clanci.119.html:276584-Atentatori-kre263u-u-akciju |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=NOVOSTI |language=sr}}

Born in Bosanski Petrovac, Ciganović later moved to Belgrade where he joined the Black Hand. Ciganović played an important role in the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand because he delivered four revolvers, six bombs and a bottle of poison to Nedeljko Čabrinović, Gavrilo Princip and Trifko Grabež.{{Cite web |title=Uloga Srbije u Sarajevskom atentatu (6) – Hrvatski Fokus |url=https://www.hrvatski-fokus.hr/2018/03/15746/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |language=hr}}{{Cite web |last=kaže |first=Dostojanstven odgovor srpske vlade na julski ultimatum-MediaSfera |date=2022-07-23 |title=Austrougarski ultimatum Kraljevini Srbiji |url=https://mediasfera.rs/2022/07/23/austrougarski-ultimatum-kraljevini-srbiji/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=MediaSfera |language=sr-RS}} Following the assassination, the Serbian government sent Ciganović to the United States for his safety during World War I. He returned home in 1919 and received a land award from the government, married and settled down as a farmer.

He died on 1 September 1927 in Trubarevo.

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