Dimitrije Cincar-Marković ( sr-cyr, Димитрије Цинцар-Марковић; 6 September 1849 – 11 June 1903) was a Serbian politician serving as the Prime Minister of the

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, army general, Chief of General Staff, professor of war history and strategy. As one of the closest associates of king

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from 1897 to 1900, he made a significant contribution to the great reform, enlargement, and promotion of the army of the

, which enabled its success in the Balkan wars. General Dimitrije Cincar-Marković took steps to combat the revolutionaries of the

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who were terrorizing the Serbian population in

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and

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. He brought the assassins of Grigoriy Schterbina to justice. He was killed in the May Coup of 11 June 1903. He was awarded Order of Miloš the Great, Order of the White Eagle, Order of the Cross of Takovo, Knight's Cross of the

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, Commander of the

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, Serbian Golden and Silver Medal for bravery and other decorations and medals.

Selected works

* ''Uput za manevrovanje trupa'', Belgrade, 1885. * ''Uput za manevrovanje trupa'', Belgrade, 1897. * ''Vođenje trupa i služba po štabovima'', Belgrade, 1886. * ''Francuska stručna ocena nemačke konjice'', Belgrade, 1882, pp. 323.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cincar Marković, Dimitrije 1849 births 1903 deaths 19th-century Serbian people Politicians from Šabac Prime ministers of Serbia Serbian diplomats Serbian generals Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Recipients of the Order of Franz Joseph Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Takovo Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie Foreign ministers of Serbia Assassinated prime ministers