Đurica Jojkić Explained

Đurica Jojkić
Office:Prime Minister of Serbia
President:Miloš Minić
Term Start:6 May 1967
Term End:7 May 1969
Predecessor:Dragi Stamenković
Successor:Milenko Bojanić
Birth Date:1914
Birth Place:Turija, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

Đurica Jojkić (Serbian: Ђурица Јојкић; 1914 in Turija – 1981 in Belgrade) was a Yugoslav politician and lawyer.

Biography

He was born in 1914 in Turija near Srbobran. He studied in gymnasiums in Srbobran and Vrbas, before finishing the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in Belgrade. He later finished Party College "Đuro Đaković" also in Belgrade. During World War II he was active in the Vojvodina region and served as the vice president of the People's Liberation Committee for the Novi Sad district. After the war, he continued to be a member of the parliament for Serbia until his death.[1] In 1951 he was elected as the Mayor of Belgrade and he served that role until 1954 and later again between 1957 and 1961.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jojkić Đurica. Uprava Autonomne Pokrajine Vojvodine. uprava.vojvodina.gov.rs. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130644/http://www.uprava.vojvodina.gov.rs/SEKRETARIJATI-V/web-predsednici/JOJKIC-Djurica.htm. 2016-03-04.
  2. Web site: Gradonačelnici Beograda. 2014. BG-Info. kultura.bg-info.org. Serbian.
  3. Web site: Predsednici Beogradske opštine, Skupštine grade i gradonačelnici 1839-2014. Grad Beograd. beograd.rs. Serbian.