Dragić Joksimović (Bačina, July 18, 1893 –

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, August 1, 1951) was a Serbian politician and attorney. Joksimović was born in Bačina,

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on July 18, 1893. He became politically active as a student in the Independent Radical Party and later within the Democratic Party. He was later elected into the

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. In August 1945 he became a member of the Temporary National Assembly of Yugoslavia. He led the Democratic Representatives Club within the assembly. The Democratic Party representatives eventually abandoned the assembly in September of that year. Joksimović defended

Draža Mihailović Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslavs, Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetniks, Chetnik Detachments ...

during the

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. He was later imprisoned in 1949. Joksimović died in the

prison on 1 August

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joksimovic, Dragic 1893 births 1951 deaths Serbian politicians 20th-century Serbian lawyers Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) politicians Representatives in the Yugoslav National Assembly (1921–1941) Yugoslav lawyers