Maximilian Njegovan

Maksimilijan Njegovan
Born	(1858-10-30)30 October 1858 Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire (now Croatia)
Died	1 July 1930(1930-07-01) (aged 71) Zagreb, Croatia Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary
Service/branch	Austro-Hungarian Navy
Years of service	1877–1918
Rank	Grand Admiral (on the retired list)
Commands held	Chef der Marinesektion (Commander of Navy) (April 1917) Flottenkommandant (Fleet Commander) (1917) Commander of the 1stDiv of the 1st Battle Sqdr and battleship Tegetthoff (1914) Chief of staff of Navy Commander (1907-1909) Commander of the battleship Budapest (1905-1907)
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Order of the Iron Crown (1917) Order of Leopold (Austria) (1914)

Maksimilijan Njegovan (31 October 1858 – 1 July 1930) was an Austro-Hungarian admiral of Croatian descent. He was the Navy's senior administrator as well as its fleet commander in World War I, from 1917 to 1918. He "inherited a competent but exhausted service."^[1]