Jovan Avakumović
Jovan Avakumović Јован Авакумовић | |
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| President of the Ministry of Serbia | |
| In office 22 August 1892 – 13 April 1893 | |
| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Preceded by | Nikola Pašić |
| Succeeded by | Lazar Dokić |
| President of the Ministerial Council | |
| In office 11 June 1903 – 4 October 1903 | |
| Monarch | Peter I |
| Preceded by | Dimitrije Cincar-Marković |
| Succeeded by | Sava Grujić |
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| Born | 1 January 1841 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Nationality | Serb |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
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Jovan Avakumović (1 January 1841 – 3 August 1928) was a Serbian lawyer, criminologist, statesman, and Prime Minister of Serbia.
Biography
Born in
In 1873 he was appointed the First Secretary of Cassation, and in 1875 mayor of Belgrade, then head of the police department of the Ministry of the Interior in the Liberal government of
When on 9 August 1892 the Radical fell Avakumović became the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. The government was dominated by young liberals. All government actions were aimed at the parliamentary elections scheduled for 25 February 1893. After fierce fighting, in which the government used dubious methods, the result was a draw, and on 1 April 1893 King Aleksandar I Obrenović dismissed the Avakumović government and gave the mandate to Radicals. The Radical majority in the Assembly organized a political trial of Avakumović and some members of his government but they were granted an amnesty by the king before the verdict.
Avakumović became Prime Minister again immediately after the
During First World War the Austrian occupation forces captured him in 1915 and interned him in the camp Cegléd in Hungary and then Hietzing in Austria where he stayed until the end of the war. After returning from the captivity he withdrew from politics.
Avakumović was one of the best
He died in Rogaška Slatina, aged 87. Avakumović was awarded Order of the Cross of Takovo.[3]
Legacy
In 1902 Capital punishment for theft and other property, crimes were abolished by law. This amendment to the Penal Code was necessary because the 1901 Constitution had enumerated all capital crimes, excluding property crimes from that list. For many decades the main proponent of this reform was Jovan Avakumović.
See also
- List of prime ministers of Serbia
References
- ^ a b c d "Umro je političar, pravnik i advokat Jovan Avakumović". srpskilegat.rs. 3 August 2018.
- ^ a b "List of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs Since the Forming of the First Government in 1811". mfa.gov.rs. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 93.
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