Stjepan Sarkotić
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Baron Stjepan Sarkotić |
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| 9th Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 22 December 1914 – 3 November 1918 |
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| Appointed by | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| Preceded by | Oskar Potiorek |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished (Atanasije Šola as President of the People's Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 October 1858 Sinac, Otočac, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 16 October 1939 (aged 81) Vienna, Nazi Germany |
| Resting place | Zentralfriedhof, Simmering, Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Alma mater | Theresian Military Academy |
| Profession | Soldier |
| Committees | Croatian Committee |
| Awards |
Order of the Iron Crown Order of Leopold |
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| Allegiance |
 Austria-Hungary
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| Service/branch | Austro-Hungarian Army |
| Years of service | 1884–1918 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel General |
| Unit | Königgrätz Regiment 16th Infantry Regiment 1st Mountain Brigade Intelligence Department of General Staff |
| Commands | 7th Infantry Division XII Corps 5th Infantry Brigade 88th Land Rifle Regiment 44th Home Guard Infantry Division VI. Royal Military District 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division |
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Stjepan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovćen (also Stefan Sarkotić, Stjepan Sarkotić, or Stephan Sarkotić; 4 October 1858 – 16 October 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian Army general of Croatian ethnicity who served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina during World War I.
Stjepan Sarkotić was born in Sinac near Otočac on 4 October 1858 as one of four siblings. His father was Lieutenant Matija Sarkotić of the Otočac Border Regiment Nr.2. After he attended gymnasium in Senj, he entered in Military School in Sankt Pölten, and later he attended Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.
In 1884 he got his first military post in the Königgrätz Regiment, and later he was transferred to 16th Infantry Regiment in Trebinje, Herzegovina. In 1886 he was stationed in Mostar in the 1. Mountain Brigade. Until 1887 he was involved in military actions that occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Krivošije in Montenegro. By 1889 he was promoted to the rank of captain and assigned to the General Staff Corps in Vienna. He was hereafter assigned to obtain intelligence on foreign nations. To this end he travelled abroad to Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia, Russian city Kazan, where he learned to speak Russian. After his return, he worked in Intelligence Service of General Staff, and after that he worked with troops in the field.
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