nikola pasic

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born Dec. 31, 1845, Zajear, Serbia died Dec. 10, 1926, Belgrade Serbian and Yugoslav statesman. The editor of a socialist newspaper in Serbia, he was elected in 1878 to the legislature, where he opposed the authoritarian monarchy and advocated a parliamentary democracy. In 1881 he helped found the Radical Party, but he was forced to flee to Bulgaria in 1883. Returning to Serbia in 1889 under a new king, he served as premier (1891-92) and as ambassador to Russia (1893-94). Forced into exile again because of his political radicalism (1899-1903), he returned to support the Karadjordjevi dynasty and King Peter I. As leader of the Radical Party, he served as premier of Serbia during most of the period (1904-18), then helped create the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). As premier (1921-26), he pushed for a unitary constitution that confirmed Serbia's dominance despite opposition from the historically separate regions