- Svetozar Miletić
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name=Svetozar Miletić
Светозар Милетић
order=27thMayor of Novi Sad
term_start=1861
term_end=1862
predecessor=Gavrilo Polzović
successor=Pavle Mačvanski
order2=30thMayor of Novi Sad
term_start2=1867
term_end2=1868
predecessor2=Pavle Stojanović
successor2=Pavle Stojanović
birth_date=birth date|1826|2|22|mf=y
birth_place=Mošorin ,Austrian Empire
death_date=death date and age|1901|2|4|1826|2|22|mf=y
death_place=Vršac ,Austria-Hungary
spouse=
alma_mater=
religion=Serbian Orthodox
party=Svetozar Miletić (
Serbian Cyrillic : "Светозар Милетић", 1826-1901) was an advocate, politician, mayor ofNovi Sad , and the political leader ofSerbs inVojvodina . He was born in the villageMošorin inŠajkaška .Life
Miletić attended gymnasiums in Novi Sad,
Modra , andPožun (Bratislava ), and defended a juristical doctorate inVienna in 1854. He wrote a song "Već se srbska zastava vije svuda javno" (The Serb flag is already everywhere shown in public), which was sung as the anthem ofVojvodina .He was a political fighter for the freedom and rights of Serbs and other peoples in
Austria-Hungary . Miletić was a founder of "Ujedinjena omladina srpska" (United Serb Youth), and founder and leader of the "Srpska narodna slobodoumna stranka" (People's Serb Freethinkers Party). He also was founder and editor of the magazine "Zastava" (started in 1866).Miletić was a deputy in Croatian and Hungarian parliament in 1865. He was also two times elected for the mayor of
Novi Sad (in 1861 and 1867). Miletić died inVršac and was buried inNovi Sad .Villages in Vojvodina named after Svetozar Miletić
* Svetozar Miletić, a village in the
Sombor municipality.
*Miletićevo , a village in thePlandište municipality.Although there is a village called
Srpski Miletić in theOdžaci municipality, it's not related to the Svetozar Miletić, since this village had name "Miletić" before Svetozar Miletić was born. The village was probably named after some other person with surname "Miletić".Literature
* Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
ee also
*
History of Vojvodina
*Politics of Vojvodina
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