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Svetozar Miletić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Милетић; 22 February 1826 – 4 February 1901) was a Serbian lawyer, journalist, author and politician who served as the mayor of Novi Sad between 1861 and 1862 and again from 1867 to 1868.[1]
Svetozar Miletić | |
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Светозар Милетић | |
![]() Miletić c. 1900 | |
27th and 30th Mayor of Novi Sad | |
In office 24 April 1861 – 28 January 1862 | |
Preceded by | Gavrilo Polzović |
Succeeded by | Pavle Mačvanski |
In office 23 May 1867 – 30 May 1868 | |
Preceded by | Pavle Stojanović |
Succeeded by | Pavle Stojanović |
Personal details | |
Born | Mošorin, Austrian Empire | 22 February 1826
Died | 4 February 1901 74) Vršac, Austria-Hungary | (aged
Nationality | Serbian |
Political party | Serb People's Liberal Party (after 1869) |
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Miletić's ancestor was Mileta Zavišić, who came to Bačka from Kostajnica (present day Croatia) near the border of Bosnia[2] where he led a company of three hundred men and fought against the Ottomans for thirty two years. Because the Ottomans wanted to punish him after they signed a peace treaty with the Austrians, Mileta moved to Bačka and changed his last name to Miletić. Mileta's son Sima, who was educated to be a merchant in Novi Sad, had fifteen sons and three daughters. Avram Miletić, the oldest of Sima's sons and grandfather of Svetozar Miletić, was a merchant and songwriter best known for writing the earliest collection of urban lyric poetry in the Serbian language.[3] The second son of Avram Miletić, also named Sima like his grandfather, was a boot-maker[4] and the father of Svetozar Miletić.[5] Svetozar Miletić was the oldest of seven children born to Sima and Teodosija (née Rajić) Miletić in the village of Mošorin in Šajkaška, the Serbian Military Frontier, on 22 February 1826.[6] His son-in-law Jaša Tomić, who was a publicist and leader of the Serbian radicals in Vojvodina, took up Miletić's mantle at the turn of the century.
He is included in The 100 most prominent Serbs.
A feature film about Miletić's life titled "Ime naroda" was produced in 2020.[7]
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