About Stojan Protić
Lived 1857 – 1923 (aged 66). Stojan Protić was a Yugoslav politician and historian.
Stojan Protić (; 28 January 1857 – 28 October 1923) was a Serbian politician and writer. He served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes between 1918 and 1919, and again in 1920, later called Yugoslavia. He is best remembered as the key theoretician of Serbian parliamentarism.
Biography Stojan M. Protić was born in Kruševac. His great-great-grandfather (čukundeda), Toma Dečanac, moved from the village of Dečani to Kruševac with his wife and two sons.
Having studied history and philosophy in Belgrade's Velika škola, Protić briefly worked in government service before dedicating himself to journalism and becoming editor of Samouprava ("Autonomy"), the official daily newspaper of the People's Radical Party. In 1884, he became the editor of another paper, Odjek ("Echo"), and advocated changing Serbia's constitution. He ran in the 1887 elections and was elected to the Parliament. a historian, politician and diplomat who served as the Mayor of Belgrade.
Selected works O Makedoniji i Makedoncima, Št. Koste Taušanovića, Beograd, 1888. Tajna konvencija između Srbije i Austrougarske, Št. D. Obradović, Beograd 1909. Odlomci iz ustavne I narodne borbe u Srbiji, vol. I-II, Št. D. Obradović, Beograd, 1911–1912. Albanski problem i Srbija i Austrougarska, G. Kon, Beograd, 1913 Srbi i Bugari u Balkanskom ratu, napisao Balkanicus, Geca Kon, Beograd 1913 Das albanische Problem und die Beziehungen zwischen Serbien und Österreich-Ungarn, von Balkanicus (ins Deutsche übertragen von L. Markowitsch), O. Wigand, Leipzig, 1913. Le problème albanais, la Serbie et l'Autriche-Hongrie, par Balkanicus, Augustin Challamel, Paris, 1913. La Bulgarie : ses ambitions, sa trahison : accompagné des textes de tous les traité secrets et correspondances diplomatiques, par Balcanicus, Armand Colin, Paris, 1915. Balkanicus, The Aspirations of Bulgaria, Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. LTD, London 1915.
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Yugoslav politician (1857-1923)
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Stojan Protić was born on 28 January 1857 in Kruševac.
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Stojan Protić died on 28 October 1923 in Belgrade.
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Stojan Protić was a politician and historian.
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