Bust of Taushanovic in the Belgrade park Kalemegdan
Kosta Taushanović ( Serb. Costa Taushanovi ; 1854 - 1902 ) - Serbian politician.
Prominent leader of the People's Radical Party , one of the closest associates (and competitors in the struggle for leadership in the party) Nikola Pasic . In 1889 - 1890 served as Minister of the Interior in the first government formed by the radicals. In 1899 , after an attempt on the Serbian king Milan I (according to some, inspired by the king himself, and according to others by his son, King Alexander ), as a result of the trial of the leaders of the People's Radical Party, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison.