Radical prime minister who built the Balkan League and nearly doubled Serbia in the Balkan Wars
Born in Zaječar, he studied engineering in Zürich, where he joined Svetozar Marković's circle of socialist and radical students, and went on to lead the People's Radical Party. Sentenced to death after the Timok Rebellion, he escaped into exile in Bulgaria. He was prime minister of Serbia several times from 1904, and after forming a new cabinet in September 1912 led the country through the Balkan League and both Balkan Wars, heading the Serbian delegation at Bucharest. During the First World War he led the government in exile on Corfu, and after 1918 served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until shortly before his death in Belgrade in 1926.
Also known as: Nikola Pasic
Activities and affiliations
- 1891–1918 Government and administration
- 1921–1926 Government and administration · Yugoslavia state institutions
- 1878–1926 Political and party leadership
Career Timeline
- 1878Deputy in the National Assembly (People's Radical Party)
- 1891–1892Prime minister of Serbia
- 1912–1918Prime minister of Serbia (Balkan Wars and First World War)
- 1913Serbian delegate at the Bucharest peace conference
- 1921–1926Prime minister of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes