Božidar Maksimović | |
Native Name: | Божидар Максимовић |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1886 |
Birth Place: | Knić, Kingdom of Serbia |
Death Place: | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian, Yugoslav |
Alma Mater: | University of Belgrade |
Occupation: | Politician, lawyer |
Party: | People's Radical Party Yugoslav National Party |
Office: | Minister of Education |
Predecessor: | Stevan Ćirić |
Primeminister: | Dragiša Cvetković |
Successor: | Anton Korošec |
Termstart: | 26 August 1939 |
Termend: | 1940 |
Predecessor1: | Milan Grol |
Primeminister1: | Petar Živković |
Successor1: | Dragutin S. Kojić |
Termstart1: | 6 January 1929 |
Termend1: | 5 January 1932 |
Office2: | Minister of Justice |
Predecessor2: | Ilija Šumenković |
Primeminister2: | Milan Srškić Nikola Uzunović |
Successor2: | Dragutin S. Kojić |
Termstart2: | 5 November 1932 |
Termend2: | 11 November 1934 |
Predecessor3: | Dragutin S. Kojić |
Primeminister3: | Petar Živković Vojislav Marinković |
Successor3: | Ilija Šumenković |
Termstart3: | 5 January 1932 |
Termend3: | 2 July 1932 |
Office4: | Minister without portfolio |
Primeminister4: | Milan Srškić |
Termstart4: | 2 July 1932 |
Termend4: | 5 November 1932 |
Office5: | Minister of the Interior |
Predecessor5: | Nastas Petrović |
Primeminister5: | Nikola Pašić Nikola Uzunović |
Successor5: | Velimir Vukićević |
Termstart5: | 6 November 1924 |
Termend5: | 17 April 1927 |
Božidar Maksimović (; 1 March 1886 18 July 1969) was a Serbian and Yugoslav lawyer and politician[1] who performed various ministerial roles in the Government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, such as minister of the interior, minister without portfolio, minister of justice and minister of education.[2]
Initially, he was a member of the People's Radical Party and later he joined the Yugoslav National Party.[3]
Due to his "strong hand" policy, he was nicknamed "Boža Stock". He forcibly suppressed workers' strikes and student demonstrations. He was considered a court radical and brutally dealt with opponents of the monarchy and the centralist system of the state.[4]