Nikola Uzunović
| Nikola Uzunović | |
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| Prime Minister of Yugoslavia | |
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In office 8 April 1926 – 17 April 1927 |
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| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Preceded by | Nikola Pašić |
| Succeeded by | Velimir Vukićević |
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In office 27 January 1934 – 22 December 1934 |
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| Monarch | Alexander I Peter II |
| Preceded by | Milan Srškić |
| Succeeded by | Bogoljub Jevtić |
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| Born | 3 May 1873 Niš, Ottoman Empire (now in Serbia) |
| Died | 19 July 1954 (aged 81) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Citizenship | Yugoslav |
| Nationality | Serb |
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People's Radical Party (until 1932) Yugoslav National Party (from 1932) |
| Religion | Orthodox Christian |
Nikola Uzunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Узуновић; 3 May 1873 – 19 July 1954) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician who served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on two occasions.
Born in the city of Niš, he graduated from Faculty of Law at the Great School in Belgrade (now University of Belgrade). Later he would practice law as a judge, and became the president of the first instance court, the district chief, and secretary of the Cassation Court in Belgrade.
In 1904, aged 31 he was elected to the Niš municipality, and after eight months, a deputy in front of the Radical Party, a party he would remain in until 1934. During the First World War Uzunović was a reserve officer, and thereafter again politically involved. In the following years he was minister for agricultural issues and the minister of construction. After the War, he was re-elected deputy. In April 1926 faced with corruption scandals Prime Minister Nikola Pašić was forced resign. Uzunovićnew became the eighth Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on 8 April 1926, however faced with internal conflict within the party, a succession of short term governments, came and went under his watch. Tired, Uzunović also had twelve crises and multiple cabinet reshuffles, in response to a further sharp attack against his government, and the party responded on 17 April 1927 when Uzunovićnew position as Prime Minister ended. He was replaced by Velimir Vukićević, a member of Uzunovićnew's own party the National Radical Party.
On 6 January 1929, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia dissolved the Yugoslav Parliament and abolished the constitution, banning all political parties in the process. This became known as the 6th January Dictatorship, a policy Uzunović was in support of. In 1931, a new constitution was put into place, which provided for limited democracy. However, most of the political power remained in the hands of the King and the government, appointed by him. In May 1932, Uzunović helped found the Yugoslav Radical Peasants' Democracy (renamed in June 1933 as Yugoslav National Party) to support Alexander's government, under the leadership of Petar Živković, adopting a program stressing the unity of the Yugoslav nation, centralized government and secularism.
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