Jovan Veselinov Žarko (20 January 1906 in Kumane – 8 February 1982 in Belgrade) was a Serbian communist politician.

He was a Partisan fighter in World War II, and was proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

[1][2] Famed economist and politician Edvard Kardelj was shot and wounded on a hunting trip in 1959 by Veselinov.

Although the official police investigation concluded that Veselinov had been shooting at a wild boar and a ricochet from a rock struck Kardelj, it was suggested at the time that the assassination attempt was orchestrated by his political rival Aleksandar Ranković or Ranković's ally Slobodan Penezić.

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