Dragić Joksimović
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Dragić Joksimović was a Serbian politician and attorney.
Joksimović was born in Bačina, Kingdom of Serbia
on July 18, 1893. He became politically active as a student in the Independent Radical Party and later within the Democratic Party
. He was later elected into the National Assembly.
In August 1945 he became a member of the Temporary National Assembly of Yugoslavia. He led the Democratic Representatives Club within the assembly. The Democratic Party representatives eventually abandoned the assembly in September of that year.
Joksimović defended Draža Mihailović
during the Belgrade Process. He was later imprisonned himself in 1949, dying in the Sremska Mitrovica prison in 1951.
Joksimović was born in Bačina, Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenović, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karađorđevic dynasty from 1817 onwards . The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, had expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de...
on July 18, 1893. He became politically active as a student in the Independent Radical Party and later within the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)
The Yugoslav Democratic Party, State Party of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Democrats and Democratic Party was the name of a series of social-liberal political parties that existed in succession in the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom...
. He was later elected into the National Assembly.
In August 1945 he became a member of the Temporary National Assembly of Yugoslavia. He led the Democratic Representatives Club within the assembly. The Democratic Party representatives eventually abandoned the assembly in September of that year.
Joksimović defended Draža Mihailović
Draža Mihailovic
Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...
during the Belgrade Process. He was later imprisonned himself in 1949, dying in the Sremska Mitrovica prison in 1951.