Milorad Drašković | |
Office1: | Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Term Start1: | 1 January 1921 |
Term End1: | 21 July 1921 |
Predecessor1: | Ljubomir Davidović |
Successor1: | Svetozar Pribićević |
Office2: | Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Term Start2: | 3 January 1921 |
Term End2: | 31 March 1921 |
Predecessor2: | Kosta Stojanović |
Successor2: | Kosta Kumanudi |
Office3: | Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Term Start3: | 26 March 1921 |
Term End3: | 24 May 1921 |
Predecessor3: | Branko Jovanović |
Successor3: | Stevan Hadžić |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1873 |
Birth Place: | Polom, Principality of Serbia |
Death Place: | Delnice, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Death Cause: | Assassination |
Resting Place: | Belgrade New Cemetery |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Children: | Radoje, Bojana, Slobodan and Milorad |
Alma Mater: | University of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
Relations: | Rasha Drachkovitch (grandson) |
Milorad Drašković (Serbian: Милорад Драшковић; 10 April 1873 – 21 July 1921) was a Serbian politician who was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.[1]
On 21 July 1921, Drašković was gunned down by Alija Alijagić, a member of the communist organization Crvena Pravda. Although Drašković was a staunch anti-communist and enacted several pieces of anti-communist legislation, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia condemned the act. Nevertheless, this inspired King Alexander to make a law concerning protection of the state that made the communist party illegal.[2]
He had four children: Radoje, Bojana, Slobodan, and Milorad.
His son Slobodan was sent to a Nazi concentration camp in the Second World War and later emigrated to the United States. There he became a member of the Serbian National Defense Council as well as the John Birch Society but later left due to being disillusioned with its pacifism.