Nešo Šćepović ( sr-cyrl, Нешо Шћеповић, ) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin businessman and politician, serving as the
Mayor
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of
Podgorica
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between 1925 and 1940.
Šćepović was one of the wealthiest citizens of
Podgorica
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and was nicknamed "Pauper's Mother" (''sirotinjska majka'') by its residents because he provided his own food and money to the poor. His huge popularity among the people was manifested in the fact that the
People's Radical Party
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, of which he was a member, always won the elections in
Podgorica
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.
He was the second president of the Commerce-industrial and handicraft chamber (predecessor of the Montenegrin Chamber of Economy). In 1929, upon the establishment of
Zeta Banate
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, he led the delegation of citizens of
Podgorica
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to
King Alexander. The role of the delegation was to convince the king to grant
Podgorica
Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...
the status of the capital city of the newly formed Banate of Zeta. The king refused and the administrative seat became
Cetinje
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, the old royal capital of
Montenegro
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Nešo Šćepović was responsible for commissioning more buildings in
Podgorica
Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...
than in past decades.
He was declared an enemy by the
Yugoslav Partisans
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, and his holdings were subsequently confiscated by the
state
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References
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Montenegrin politicians
Mayors of Podgorica
Montenegrin Chetnik personnel of World War II