Momčilo Ninčić
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia | |
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In office 27 March 1941 – 1 January 1943 |
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| Monarch | Peter II |
| Prime Minister |
Dušan Simović Slobodan Jovanović |
| Preceded by | Aleksandar Cincar-Marković |
| Succeeded by | Slobodan Jovanović |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
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In office 5 January 1922 – 27 July 1924 |
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| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Prime Minister | Nikola Pašić |
| Preceded by | Vojislav Marinković |
| Succeeded by | Miloš Trifunović |
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| Born | 10 June [O.S. 28 May] 1876 Jagodina, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | 23 December 1949 (aged 73) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Political party | People's Radical Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Aaron Ninčić Paula Ninčić |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Momčilo Ninčić (10 June [O.S. 28 May] 1876 – 23 December 1949) was a Yugoslav politician and economist, and president of the League of Nations from 1926 to 1927.
Momčilo Ninčić was born in Jagodina on 10 June [O.S. 28 May] 1876 to Aaron and Paula Ninčić. His family was of Jewish descent, and originated from the town of Kanjiža in northern Serbia. Ninčić's father was a well-known lawyer and judge in Jagodina, and served as Serbian Minister of Justice between 1895 and 1896. In 1903, he was elected to the Parliament of Serbia.
Ninčić finished primary school in Jagodina and attended high school in Belgrade. He finished law school in Paris and received his doctorate in 1899.
He held several ministerial positions in the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a member of the People's Radical Party, beginning in 1912. He was president of the General Assembly of the League of Nations from 1926-27.
During World War II he was a member of the Yugoslav government in exile in London, holding the position of Minister of External Affairs. "Close relations with the three Great Allies had been Ninčić's aim from the beginning of exile," wrote Steven K. Pavlowitch, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Southampton. "Naturally, he wanted to draw nearer to the U.S.A., as there appeared to be a tremendous amount of goodwill to be tapped across the Atlantic. The Royal Yugoslav government invested much energy in this effort, and was at first successful." Ninčić accompanied young King Peter II of Yugoslavia on a visit to the United States and Canada in June-July 1942 which generated good publicity for the "Yugoslav cause," but in practice the concern shown by the Roosevelt Administration amounted to no more than superficial benevolent attitude.
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