Aćim Čumić (; 1836 – 27 July 1901) was a Serbian
jurist
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and politician who served as
Prime Minister
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of the
Principality of Serbia
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.
Biography
Aćim Čumić studied and completed his law degree at the universities in
Heidelberg
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and
Paris
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. He worked as a high school professor, then in court. He was appointed Professor of Criminal Law at the
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(''Velika škola'') in 1865. He participated in the work of the Constitutional Committee of 1868 and was noted for his eloquence and for suggesting that the government was to be placed under the control of the State Council, and not the Assembly.
He was a politician of
conservative
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orientation, sharing similar beliefs with older politicians such as
Ilija Garašanin
Ilija Garašanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Гарашанин; 28 January 1812 – 22 June 1874) was a Serbian statesman who served as the prime minister of Serbia between 1852 and 1853 and again from 1861 to 1867.
Ilija Garašanin was conservati ...
and
Jovan Marinović. He was the leader of a group of young conservatives.
In 1871, he became president of the
Belgrade municipality but was soon overthrown by the Liberal deputy, headed by
Jovan Ristić. He then opened his law practice in
Belgrade, and from 1873 to 1874, he was
Minister of the Interior
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in Prime Minister
Marinović
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's cabinet.
On 25 November 1874, Čumić replaced Marinović, who resigned, and became
prime minister
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himself.
As the government did not enjoy the confidence of the
National Assembly
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, Čumić was replaced after another three months, on 22 January 1875. He was then appointed Judge of the
Court of Cassation
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.
He was arrested by the
Liberal government in 1878 for alleged involvement in the
Topola
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Mutiny and was sentenced to death together with Jevrem Marković and Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac. He was later pardoned and received a commuted sentence of 10 years in prison instead. Marković was the only one executed. Čumić and Kolarac were released from prison after the fall of the
Ristić government in 1880. Later, Čumić ceased his engaging in politics.
During the 1880s he was a government representative ('commissioner') of the Serbian Railways Construction and Exploitation organization. He was very involved in raising the
Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment
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.
He was a member of the Serbian Learned Society and an honorary member of the
Serbian Royal Academy
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since 1892. He served as a senator during the
Kingdom of Serbia
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in 1901.
Works
* ''Cassation Power''
'Касацијона власт''(1867)
* ''Endowments in Defense of Serbs''
'Задужбине у одбрани Српства''(1890)
See also
*
List of prime ministers of Serbia
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*
Avram Petronijević
*
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*
Dimitrije Davidović
*
Ilija Garašanin
Ilija Garašanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Гарашанин; 28 January 1812 – 22 June 1874) was a Serbian statesman who served as the prime minister of Serbia between 1852 and 1853 and again from 1861 to 1867.
Ilija Garašanin was conservati ...
*
Stevan Magazinović
References
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Serbian expatriates in France
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1836 births
1901 deaths
Heidelberg University alumni
University of Paris alumni
Serbian expatriates in Germany
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