Marko Daković (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Марко Даковић; Grahovo, 20 February 1880 –

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, 16 April 1941) was a Montenegrin and Serbian politician and lawyer, independent MP in the National Assembly of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and minister 1941 General Simović's Cabinet. He was the leader of the movement for unification of Montenegro with the Kingdom of Serbia and Yugoslavia in 1918, and one of the most prominent figures in the political life of Montenegro in the

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. Daković was born on February 20, 1880 in Grahovo, in the

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

district of the

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. He finished elementary school in his hometown, and gymnasium and the

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, in the

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. Marko Daković was unofficially named the leader of the "United Serb Youth of Montenegro". He is one of the founders of the Association of Montenegrin Students at the

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, which was critical of

King Nikola Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to 19 ...

's regime in Montenegro, result was an indictment against Montenrgrin students, including Daković. The indictment charged them for insulting the king and the court with one of their proclamations. At the informal 1918 elections, he was elected a member of the disputed

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; he was also a member of the Executive Board of the Assembly. After the unification of Montenegro with Serbia, Daković was the head of the Provisional National Council of Montenegro, within newly founded

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, from 1919 until 1921.Марко Даковић, синоним Српства и опозиционарства у Црној Гори
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