Lazar Tomanovic ( Serb. Lazar Tomanovi September 3, 1845 , Lepetane , Austrian Empire - November 2, 1932 ) - Montenegrin politician and statesman, Prime Minister of Montenegro, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, Minister of Internal Affairs, Member of Parliament of Dalmatia . Lawyer, prose writer , publicist , editor of a number of Serbian magazines. The historian . Doctor of Law (1874).
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| Serb. Lazar Tomanoviћ | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Andria Radovich | ||||||
| Successor | Mitar Martinovich | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Andria Radovich | ||||||
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| Birth | Lepetane Austrian Empire | ||||||
| Death | Josice Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||
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| Academic degree | and | ||||||
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Biography
In 1866, he took part in a political movement called Omladina , whose goal was the general progress of the Serbs, raising knowledge about their glorious past (the motto of the movement is “ Serbs everywhere and everywhere”).
In 1893 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Graz . There he received a doctorate in law. He taught mathematics in the schools of Kotor . He was secretary of the Senate of Montenegro, until 1874 he was engaged in judicial practice in Kotor and Bar. From 1874 to 1888 - editor of the newspaper “Voices of the Montenegrins”. Member of the war with Turkey in 1876. From 1888 to 1903 - judge of the Supreme Court in Cetinje .
Together with Bishop Nicodemus (Milas), he was among the leaders of the Serbian People's Party and a member of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Dalmatia .
He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, Minister of the Interior.
On April 18, 1907, he became Prime Minister of the Principality of Montenegro . He was a like-minded and politician loyal to the Montenegrin prince, and then to King Nicholas I Petrovich . With his coming to power in the country, reprisals against representatives of the opposition began, the assembly was dissolved, and opposition newspapers were defeated. At the same time, the unification of all conservative forces took place. Supporters of Prince Nikola I Petrovich formed the True People's Party (right-handed). This party aimed at preserving the autocratic regime. It was opposed by the People’s Party (klubashi), created at the end of 1906 from representatives of the liberal bourgeoisie. The political struggle took place mainly between these parties. In 1909, supporters of the People’s Party organized a military conspiracy to overthrow Prince Nikola, but the conspiracy was uncovered, and seven participants in the conspiracy were sentenced to death. This sentence was met with indignation by the entire progressive public in Europe. In order to somehow raise the prestige of Montenegro, to divert the attention of the people from internal problems, Prince Nikola I Petrovich proclaimed Montenegro kingdom on August 15, 1910. As Prime Minister, Lazar Tomanovic took part in the proclamation of the Kingdom of Montenegro . He left the prime minister's chair in June 1912.
Prime Minister without a portfolio from August 10, 1911 to June 6, 1912. Judge of the Grand Chamber from April 19, 1910 to 1920.
After 1918, he withdrew from participation in political life, settled in Herceg Novi , where he studied the history of Montenegro and the Balkans.
The author of a number of historical works in which he defended the idea that, in relation to the Ottoman Empire, Montenegro always remained independent. [1] Translator from Italian.
Selected Publications
- Fra Andriјa Kacic Prema to Serfdom and Croatia (1886.)
- Peter II Petrovi Њegosh kao Vladalac (1896)
- G. Ruvarats and Montenegrina (1899)
- The occasion of annexation to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1909)
- From the might of the minister (1921)
- Dogaђaјi at Boka Kotorska hodin 1797. until 1914. (1922)