Emilija Jakšić-Nikezić (29 April 1924 – 29 November 1949) was a

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. She participated in the National Liberation Struggle and was a socially-political worker of

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Early life

Emilija Jakšić was born in

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, on April 29, 1924. She was a member of the youth revolutionary movement as a high school student. She joined the Union of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (Communist Youth – SKOJ) in 1940. In August 1941, she joined in the National Liberation Movement (NOP). As a youth leader, Jakšić organized and implemented actions such as diversion and

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. She was arrested in the winter of 1941 but escaped. In January 1942, at age 17, Jakšić became a member of the

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(KPJ). She served as acting Secretary of the District Committee of the Communist Youth and, a member of the District Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in

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. In October 1943, the Provincial Committee of the CPY for Serbia sent her to work in

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to act as an instructor for the Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth. In 1944, she became a member of the Provincial Committee of Communist Youth League of

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. After liberation, she served in various capacities in the Communist Youth and the CPY.

Career

She married

Marko Nikezić Marko Nikezić ( Serbian: Марко Никезић; 13 June 1921 – 6 January 1991) was a Serbian politician. He was a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia and Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. He was dismissed in 1972 under ...

, a former organizing secretary of the CPY's District Committee in Belgrade, before becoming President of the Presidium of the Central Committee of

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. He was fired in 1972. Jakšić became the holder of the

Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941 The Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941 (Macedonian language, Macedonian, Slovene language, Slovene and sh-Latn-Cyrl, Partizanska spomenica 1941., Партизанска споменица 1941., separator=" / ") is a commemorative Soci ...

among other Yugoslav decorations.

Death & legacy

She died in a car accident near

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on 29 November 1949, aged 25. A street, Ulica Emilije Jaksic, was named in her honor in

References

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