Velimir Vukićević

Velimir Vukićević (11 July 1871 – 27 November 1930) was a Serbian Yugoslav politician. He served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 17 April 1927 until 28 July 1928. After the parliamentary election on 11 September 1927 he was re-elected.

Velimir Vukićević
6th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
In office 17 April 1927 – 28 July 1928
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	Nikola Uzunović
Succeeded by	Anton Korošec
Personal details
Born	11 July 1871 Oparić, Principality of Serbia
Died	27 November 1930 (1930-11-28) (aged 59) Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Citizenship	Yugoslav
Political party	People's Radical Party

Velimir Vukićević was a middle school teacher by profession. Elected to Serbian National Assembly. He was a minister in several of the governments of Nikola Pašić but as one of the chief "Palace Radicals" his role was help Alexander, the king, to clip Pašić's wings.[1]

His term was marked by an exceptional lack of ethnic tension in Croatia but as the cause was the political alliance of the leading Croat politician Stjepan Radić and the leading Croatian Serb politician Svetozar Pribićević in a united opposition to the government, this was a very unwelcome development for the government. Vukićević put pressure on papers dependent on government subsidy to launch a violent campaign against the opposition.[2] Vukicevic resigned shortly after violence among members of Parliament in which three Croatian members of Parliament were killed.

References

1. Atentat na Stjepana Radića Žvonomir Kulunžić p261
2. Atentat na Stjepana Radića Žvonomir Kulunžić pp261-5

Political offices
Preceded by Nikola Uzunović	Prime Minister of Yugoslavia 1927–1928	Succeeded by Anton Korošec