Blagoje Jovović

(; 25 December 1922 – 2 June 1999) was a Montenegrin Serb hotel owner in Argentina, who was a participant of World War II in Yugoslavia initially as a member of the Partisan and later the Chetnik movement, and claimed to have shot former Croatian leader and dictator in Argentina in 1957. died in Madrid, Spain from his injuries two years later.

Biography

was born in near in today's Montenegro. During World War II, he initially fought for the Yugoslav Partisans and then the Chetniks, as a member of the Bjelopavlić Chetnik Brigade.

World War II

At the time when World War II started, he was serving in , near the Greek-Yugoslav border. When war broke out, reportedly returned to his birthplace, in . In July 1941, he took part in an antifascist uprising against Italian forces and later participated in the Battle of Pljevlja as a member of the Partisans. who collaborated with Fascist Italy.

In September 1944, he was part of the delegation led by and , the latter being a royal Yugoslav naval officer. They were sent from across the Adriatic Sea to to negotiate with the British. There they were informed about the Allied change of support in favour of Tito's Partisans as a result of the agreement with Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference and they stayed in Italy until the remainder of the war.

Assassination of Pavelić

While living in Argentina and running a successful hotel enterprise that he owned, he received tips about 's whereabouts in Argentina. In the assassination attempt, received assistance from several people including and , an associate of .

In 1998, a book about Jovović's claims was published by Tihomir-Tiho Burzanović. It is however known that UDBA was interested in either abducting or killing him. Most Croat émigrés believed that the Yugoslav state was behind the assassination attempt.

Mate Nikola Tokić of the Central European University writes that was the most likely assailant.

Death died on 2 June 1999 in , Argentina.

Memorials Mural depicting holding a pistol in , New Belgrade, with the Serbian tricolour in the backgroundIn 2020, a street in Belgrade was renamed after . A memorial plaque was also installed. A mural of him can be found in , New Belgrade.

The upcoming Serbian film The hand of justice (sr. Ruka pravde) tells the story of Jovović's assassination plot.