Velimir Vukićević (11 July 1871 – 27 November 1930) was a
Serbian Yugoslav politician. He served as
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
The prime minister of Yugoslavia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Премијер Југославије, Premijer Jugoslavije) was the head of government of the Yugoslavia, Yugoslav state, from the Creation of Yugoslavia, creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croa ...
from 17 April 1927 until 28 July 1928. After the
parliamentary election on 11 September 1927 he was re-elected.
Velimir Vukićević was a middle school teacher by profession. Elected to
Serbian National Assembly. He was a minister in several of the governments of
Nikola Pašić
Nikola Pašić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Пашић, ; 18 December 1845 – 10 December 1926) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat who was a leading political figure for almost 40 years. He was the leader of the People's Radical P ...
but as one of the chief "Palace Radicals" his role was help
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
, the king, to clip Pašić's wings.
His term was marked by an exceptional lack of ethnic tension in Croatia but as the cause was the political alliance of the leading Croat politician
Stjepan Radić and the leading Croatian Serb politician
Svetozar Pribićević
Svetozar Pribićević ( sr-cyr, Светозар Прибићевић}, ; 26 October 1875 – 15 September 1936) was a Croatian Serb politician in Austria-Hungary and later Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was one of the main proponents of Yugoslavism a ...
in a united opposition to the government, this was a very unwelcome development for the government. Vukićević put pressure on papers dependent on government subsidy to launch a violent campaign against the opposition.
[Atentat na Stjepana Radića Žvonomir Kulunžić pp261-5] Vukicevic resigned shortly after violence among members of Parliament in which three
Croatia
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n members of Parliament
were killed.
References
1871 births
1930 deaths
People from Rekovac
People from the Principality of Serbia
People's Radical Party politicians
Prime Ministers of Yugoslavia
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