Siniša Stanković Explained

Siniša Stanković
Office:President of the Presidium of ASNOS
Term Start:12 November 1944
Term End:7 April 1945
Primeminister:Josip Broz Tito
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Office abolished
Office2:1st President of Serbia
as President of the Presidium
of the People's Assembly of Serbia
Term Start2:7 April 1945
Term End2:20 November 1946
Predecessor2:Office established
Successor2:Aćim Grulović
Primeminister2:Blagoje Nešković
Birth Date:1892 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Zaječar, Kingdom of Serbia
Nationality:Yugoslav
Death Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Party:League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Awards: Order of National Liberation
Order of Merits for the People

Siniša Stanković (Serbian: Синиша Станковић; pronounced as /sr/; 26 March 1892 – 24 February 1974) was a Yugoslav and Serbian scientist and politician. As a prominent biologist, he became member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1] As a politician and statesman, from 1944 to 1946, he was the most senior state official of Serbia, then a federated state within Yugoslavia, and thus considered as the 1st President of Serbia as the President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Serbia.[2]

Biography

He served as President of the Presidency of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Serbia (ASNOS), from November 1944 to April 1945, and then as President of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of Serbia, from April 1945 to November 1946. During that period, he was the most senior official of Serbia, and thus considered as the 1st President of Serbia.[3]

Stanković was born in Zaječar, Kingdom of Serbia and died in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade and Grenoble University. As a prominent biologist, he became member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was founder of Institute for ecology and biogeography, and director of the Biological Institute of Serbia. He had a long career in the Serbian and Yugoslav communist parties. During the Second World War he was member of communist Partisan movement.[4]

One species of pseudoscorpion is named after him as (lat. neobisium stankovici).

Selected works

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.sanu.ac.rs/clan/stankovic-sinisa/ SANU: Siniša Stanković
  2. http://www.parlament.gov.rs/national-assembly/history/after-second-world-war.534.html National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia: After Second World War
  3. http://www.parlament.gov.rs/national-assembly/the-assembly-1804-2020/from-the-great-anti-fascist-people%E2%80%99s-liberation-assembly-of-serbia-to-the-constitution-of-the-people%E2%80%99s-republic-of-serbia-(november-1944-%E2%80%93-january-1947).2170.html From the Great Anti-Fascist People’s Liberation Assembly of Serbia to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Serbia (November 1944–January 1947)
  4. Web site: Istorijat. Ibiss.bg.ac.rs. 14 September 2018.