Radenko Stanković (April 26, 1880 – December 5, 1956) was Regent of

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for the underage Peter II from 1934 to 1941, alongside Prince Paul, the head of the regency, and Ivo Perović. The son of a priest, he was born in Néramogyorós (''Leskovica''),

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, which today is Lescovița village,

Caraș-Severin County Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...

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. Leaving his native village while a schoolboy, he attended high school in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

. He began his university studies at what is now the

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and completed them at the

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, later coming to be known as the father of

cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart d ...

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. Stefan Both
"Povestea bănăţeanului care a ajuns să conducă din umbră Regatul Iugoslaviei"
''Adevărul'', March 1, 2014; accessed March 1, 2014 Forced to retire in 1946, he was arrested in 1949 by the Yugoslav Communist regime. Accused of collaborating with the German occupiers, he was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment and had his assets seized, including an expensive house in

Fruška Gora Fruška gora ( sr-Cyrl, Фрушка гора; hu, Tarcal-hegység) is a mountain in Syrmia, administratively part of Serbia with a part of its western side extending into eastern Croatia. The area under Serbian administration forms the countr ...

. He became severely ill while in prison, due to which he was released, and died in

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in his son's home several months later.

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1880 births 1956 deaths People from Caraș-Severin County Serbian cardiologists People of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Regents Yugoslav prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Yugoslavia Serbs of Romania {{yugoslavia-bio-stub