Đurica Jojkić ( sr-cyr, Ђурица Јојкић; 1914 in Turija – 1981 in

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) was a Yugoslav politician and lawyer.

Biography

He was born in 1914 in Turija near Srbobran. He studied in gymnasiums in Srbobran and Vrbas, before finishing the

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. He later finished Party College "Đuro Đaković" also in Belgrade. During

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he was active in the Vojvodina region and served as the vice president of the People's Liberation Committee for the Novi Sad district. After the war, he continued to be a member of the parliament for

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until his death. In 1951 he was elected as the

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and he served that role until 1954 and later again between 1957 and 1961.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jojkic, Durica 1914 births 1981 deaths Mayors of places in Yugoslavia Prime ministers of Serbia 20th-century Serbian politicians Yugoslav lawyers University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni People from Srbobran Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia