Aleksa "Aca" Stanojević (

Knjaževac Knjaževac ( sr-cyr, Књажевац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of the eastern Serbia. As of 2011, the municipality has a population of 31,491 inhabitants, while the town has 18,404 inhabitants. The town is si ...

, Principality of Serbia, 1852 -

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, 1947) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician, one of the founders and leaders of the People's Radical Party. Stanojević was a member of the People's Radical Party since its founding in 1881. He was long-term Party MP, he also served as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Principality and later

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 Princi ...

for several terms. After the death of Nikola Pašić in 1926, he was elected chairman of the main committee and a new leader of the party. Although he was a loyalist to the

Karađorđević dynasty The Karađorđević dynasty ( sr-Cyrl, Динасија Карађорђевић, Dinasija Karađorđević, Карађорђевићи / Karađorđevići, ) or House of Karađorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Кућа Карађорђевић, Kuća Karađ ...

, he opposed the establishment of the 6 January dictatorship in 1929 by King Alexander I. At the end of World War II, he joined the KPJ-lead People's Front of Yugoslavia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanojevic, Aca 1852 births 1947 deaths People from Knjaževac People from the Principality of Serbia People's Radical Party politicians Members of the National Assembly (Serbia)