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Ljubomir Davidović
Ljubomir Davidović (24 December 1863 – 19 February 1940) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as prime minister (1919–1920 and 1924) of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later called Yugoslavia). Biography Davidović was born in a village in the Kosmaj Oblast. He graduated from the science and mathematics department of the College of Arts and Sciences of the Velika škola in Belgrade. In 1901, he became a member of the Serbian Parliament and played a part in founding the Independent Radical Party, whose leader he eventually became in 1912. He was Minister of Education in 1904; President of the Municipality of Belgrade; and President of the National Assembly in 1909. Between 1914 and 1917, he was minister of education in the cabinet under Nikola Pašić. The next year, he became the leader of another newly founded party, the Democratic Party. As such, he was prime minister in the coalition of Democrats and Socialists between 1919 and 1920. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Yugoslavia
The prime minister of Yugoslavia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Премијер Југославије, Premijer Jugoslavije) was the head of government of the Yugoslav state, from the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 until the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992. History Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was created by the unification of the Kingdom of Serbia (Montenegro had united with Serbia five days previously, while the regions of Kosovo and Metohija, Baranya, Syrmia, Banat, Bačka and Vardar Macedonia were parts of Serbia prior to the unification) and the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (itself formed from territories of the former Austria-Hungary) on 1 December 1918. Until 6 January 1929, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was a parliamentary monarchy. On that day, King Alexander I abolished the Vidovdan Constitution (adopted in 1921), prorogued the National Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university. The university has around 59,600 enrolled students and over 4,600 academic staff members. Since its founding, the university has educated more than 378,000 Bachelor's degree, bachelors, around 25,100 Magister (degree), magisters, 29,000 Specialist degree, specialists and 14,670 Doctorate, doctors. The university comprises 31 faculties, 12 research institutes, the Belgrade University Library, university library, and 9 university centres. The faculties are organized into four groups: social sciences and humanities; medical sciences; natural sciences and mathematics; and technological sciences. History 19th century The University of Belgrade was established in 1808 as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momčilo Ninčić
Momčilo Ninčić ( – 23 December 1949) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and economist, president of the League of Nations from 1926 to 1927. Early life and education Momčilo Ninčić was born in Jagodina on to Aaron and Paula Ninčić. His family was of Jewish descent, and originated from the town of Kanjiža in northern Serbia. Ninčić's father was a well-known lawyer and judge in Jagodina, and served as Serbian Minister of Justice between 1895 and 1896. In 1903, he was elected to the Parliament of Serbia. Ninčić finished primary school in Jagodina and attended high school in Belgrade. He finished law school in Paris and received his doctorate in 1899. Political career He held several ministerial positions in the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a member of the People's Radical Party, beginning in 1912. He was president of the General Assembly of the League of Nations from 1926-27. During World War II he was a member of the Yugoslav government in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubomir Jovanović
Ljubomir Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Јовановић, 14 February 1865 – 2 October 1928) was a Serbian politician and historian. He was a professor at the University of Belgrade since its establishment in 1905, a member of the SKU, Minister of Education, Minister of Internal Affairs, and member of the State Council. Life Jovanović was born in Kotor, Austrian Empire (present-day Montenegro). He finished primary and secondary school in Kotor. He was educated at the Grandes écoles, during which he left to participate in the uprising in the Bay of Kotor. He graduated in history at the Faculty of Philosophy. From 1887 to 1901, he was a teacher at secondary schools. He was a librarian and Director of the National Library, then professor at the ''Grandes écoles University'' and later when it became the University of Belgrade. See also * Jovan Žujović * Sima Lozanić * Mihailo Petrović Alas Mihailo Petrović Alas ( sr-Cyrl, Михаило Петровић ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andra Nikolić
Andra Nikolić (Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 5 October 1853 — Paris, France, 28 September 1918) was a Serbian politician, jurist, writer, literary historian and academic. Biography His parents were Josif Nikolić, a municipal clerk, and Natalija Marković (maiden name) the sister of politician Stefan Marković. Andra was brought up in a typical Serbian, late 19th-century middle-class environment. After completing his gymnasium, he studied law at ''Visoka škola'' (Grandes écoles) in Belgrade where he graduated in 1873. His first published work "The Economic State of Serbia in 14th-Century" brought him immediate recognition and fame. After entering the civil service, he formed an alliance with Stojan Protić and Lazar Paču and the trio became one of the closest political associates and personal colleagues in the Serbian government. The other leaders consisted of Nikola Pašić, Alexander (Aca) Stanojević, and Lazar Paču. Nikolić continued to keep good relations wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubomir Stojanović
Ljubomir Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Стојановић, sometimes mentioned as ''Ljuba Stojanovic'') (6 August 1860, Užice – 16 June 1930) was a Serbian politician, philologist and academic. Biography Stojanović was a philologist and historian, who graduated from the School of Philosophy at the Grandes écoles (, the ''Grandes Écoles''). After studies in Belgrade he went on to post-graduate studies in Vienna, St. Petersburg and Leipzig. At first a grammar school professor, he was appointed university professor at his ''alma mater'', the Grandes écoles (1891-1899). Opposed to the royal absolutism of King Alexander I of Serbia, Aleksandar I Obrenović, Stojanović joined the People's Radical Party of Nikola Pašić in 1897. After the split with the older generation of Radicals who accepted the compromise with the Crown in 1901, Stojanović led the younger group of Radicals, forming the Independent Radical Party (''Samostalna radikalna stranka''). As a founding mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education, Science And Technological Development (Serbia)
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia () is the ministry in the Serbian government that oversees the country's education system. Dejan Vuk Stanković is the incumbent minister. History The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development was established on 11 February 1991. From 2001 to 2007, the Ministry of Youth and Sports was merged into the Ministry of Education. It was later split from the Ministry and reestablished. The ministry of science and technological development, which had existed under different names since 1991, was merged into the education ministry on 14 March 2011. When the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić was established on 26 October 2022, it was again separated from the education ministry as the ministry of science, technological development, and innovation. Subordinate institutions There are several agencies and institutions that operate within the scope of the Ministry: * Institute for the Advancement of Education * Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apatin
Apatin ( sr-Cyrl, Апатин, , ) is a town and municipality located in the West Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022 census, the population of the town is 14,613, while the municipality has 23,155 inhabitants. Name In Serbian language, Serbian, the town is known as ''Apatin'' (Апатин), while the same name is also used in Romanian language, Romanian, Croatian language, Croatian (Šokac language, Šokac), and Hungarian language, Hungarian. In German language, German it was called ''Abthausen''. According to some claims, the name ''Apatin'' is derived from the old form ''Opaty'', by which the town was first mentioned in the 11th century. Geography The Municipality of Apatin is located on the left bank of the Danube river between the municipalities of Sombor (to the northeast) and Odžaci (to the southeast). Apatin is situated in the north-western part of the spacious plain in Bačka, on the left side of the Danube. It is in the autono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade
The Ethnographic Museum ( sr-Cyrl, Етнографски музеј) is a museum located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is one of the oldest museums in the Balkans. The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade fulfills its mission together with the efforts of various stakeholders in the domain of presentation, revitalization and development of crafts in Serbia. History The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade was founded in 1901, when the Ethnographic Department was separated from the National Museum of Serbia. The inauguration of the first permanent exhibition of the museum was organized on 20 September 1904, during the centennial of the First Serbian Uprising. During the first years of its work, the activities of the Ethnographic Museum were focused on the purchase of museum items and the presentation of the Kingdom of Serbia abroad. In World War I, a large number of museum items were destroyed, as well as the documentation and the library. The museum library was re-established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sima Trojanović
Sima Trojanović (Šabac, Principality of Serbia, 2 February 1862 – Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 21 November 1935) was a Serbian ethnologist and the first university-trained anthropologist, director of the Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade, university professor in Skopje and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Biography Sima Trojanović was born in Šabac in 1862 to a merchant family. His father was originally from Bitola, and his mother from Srem. He finished high school in Šabac and Vinkovci. He graduated from universities in Switzerland and in Germany, where he studied natural sciences. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Heidelberg on 4 August 1885, majoring in biology and anthropology. He started working as a teacher of German in a Gymnasium (school), Grammar School in Čačak in 1886. After that he moved to Loznica, and from 1894 taught there at a Gymnasium (Germany), gymnasium. In 1898 he received government travel stipend to study ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Pavlović (geologist)
Petar Pavlović (Požarevac, Serbia, 28 June 1864 – Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 5 August 1938) was a Serbian geologist, also a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, lecturer at the Grandes écoles and a long-time director of the Museum of Natural History, Belgrade. Biography Petar Pavlović was born in Požarevac to Colonel Stojko Pavlović and Jelena "Lena" Lunjevica, daughter of Nikola Lunjevica, the Serbian revolutionary leader. After graduating from Belgrade's Grandes écoles, he went abroad to pursue further studies in geology and palaeontology. Upon his return to Serbia he was offered the post of director of the Museum of Natural History. Geology in Serbia The study of modern geology in Serbia began to develop in the first half of the 19th century mainly for two reasons: the endeavours of Prince Miloš Obrenović to expand the national economy (including mining) and the interest shown by European scientists for a country, newly liberated from the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian National Theatre
The Serbian National Theatre ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско народно позориште, Srpsko narodno pozorište), located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia. History The Serbian National Theatre was founded in 1861 during a conference of the Serbian National Theatre Society, composed of members of the Serbian Reading Room (''Srpska čitaonica''), held in Novi Sad. It is one of the oldest professional theatres among the South Slavs, as the Croatian National Theatre was established in 1860 and the Slovenian National Theatre was founded in 1867 as well. The current building of the theatre was opened in March 1981. The first general manager of the Serbian National Theatre was Jovan Đorđević and the second was Dimitrije Mihailović. The founding fathers were: Dr. Jovan Andrejević-Joles, Svetozar Miletić, Stevan Branovački, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Jovan Đorđević, Dimitrije Ružić, Dimitrije Marković Kikinđanin, Nikola Nedeljković, Dimitrije Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
