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1888 Serbian Constitution
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1888 (also known as the Radical Constitution) was the fourth constitution of Serbia that was in use from 1889 to 1894. It was adopted by the Great National Assembly, at its session on January 2, 1889 (December 21, 1888 according to the Gregorian calendar). In the Timok Rebellion of 1883, the conflict between the democratic aspirations of the masses and the absolutist aspirations of Milan I of Serbia, King Milan reached its climax. Numerous external and internal problems that called into question the future of the Obrenović dynasty, Obrenović dynasty on the throne forced the king to adopt that constitution. The Constitution of 1888 elaborated the basic progressive ideas of the European constitutionalism of the time - the people's representative is an equal participant in legislature with the monarch; the parliament gets full budget rights, as well as the right to ask questions, Interpellation (politics), interpellation in electoral an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynasty (replaced by the Karađorđević dynasty for a short time). The Principality, under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, ''de facto'' achieved full independence when the last Ottoman troops left Belgrade in 1867. The Congress of Berlin in 1878 recognized the formal independence of the Principality of Serbia, and in its composition Nišava, Pirot, Toplica and Vranje districts entered the South part of Serbia. In 1882, Serbia was elevated to the status of a kingdom, maintaining a foreign policy friendly to Austria-Hungary. Between 1912 and 1913, Serbia greatly enlarged its territory through engagement in the First and Second Balkan Wars— Sandžak-Raška, Kosovo Vilayet and Vardar Macedonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
