Jovan Petrović (Serbian: Јован Петровић; Sombor, Austrian Empire, 16 June 1843 - Niš, Kingdom of Serbia, 19 March 1902) was a Serbian Army general, Minister of Defence and Minister of Public Works of the Kingdom of Serbia.

[1] After graduating from the Military Academy, he served in the Artillery Administration and the Topolivnica (Ordnance Foundry) in Kragujevac.

He was sent as a state cadet in 1872 to the Prussian Staff College, then called the Allgemeine Kriegsschule (War School).

From 27 June to 18 August 1876, he was chief of staff of the Morava Army and took part in the Battle of Šumatovac, commanding a detachment of six battalions at Prugovac, on the left flank.

The Turkish numerically superior division easily kept the six battalions suppressed, but when help arrived they achieved their goal of protecting the left flank.

[1] In the summer of 1879, he was an auxiliary member of the Serbian delegation in the International Commission for Determining the Border after the Serbian-Turkish Wars.

At the beginning of the Serbo-Bulgarian War, in addition to the duty of Minister of Defence, he served as Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command.

[1] Reactivated in March 1894 and appointed the Dean of the Military Academy where he also taught war skills and strategy until 1897.