Banat, Bačka and Baranja
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Banat, Bačka and Baranja (Serbian: Banat, Bačka i Baranja / Банат, Бачка и Барања) was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes between October 1918 and March 1919. It included geographical regions of Banat, Bačka, and Baranja and its administrative center was Novi Sad.
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[edit] Name
The official name of the province was Banat, Bačka and Baranja, but it was also unofficially known as Vojvodina.
[edit] History
Following the collapse of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, the regions of Banat, Bačka and Baranja were under control of the Serbian army. The local ethnic Serb population from these regions formed its own administration under the supreme authority of Serbian National Board in Novi Sad.
On November 25, 1918, the Great people's assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs (Velika narodna skupština Srba, Bunjevaca i ostalih Slovena / Велика народна скупштина Срба, Буњеваца и осталих Словена) from Banat, Bačka and Baranja, voted that these regions join to the Kingdom of Serbia. The assembly numbered 757 deputies, of whom 578 were Serbs, 84 Bunjevci, 62 Slovaks, 21 Rusyns, 6 Germans, 3 Šokci, 2 Croats, and 1 Hungarian.
The Great People's Assembly decided to join Banat, Bačka and Baranja to Serbia, and formed a new local administration (government) in these regions known as the People's Administration for Banat, Bačka and Baranja (Narodna uprava za Banat, Bačku i Baranju / Народна управа за Банат, Бачку и Барању). The president of the People's Administration was Dr. Jovan Lalošević. The People's Council was formed as the legislative body of the province.
On December 1, the Kingdom of Serbia together with the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs formed a new country named Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Although the government in Belgrade accepted the decision that Banat, Bačka and Baranja had joined Serbia, it did not recognize the People's Administration. The People's Administration for Banat, Bačka and Baranja was active until March 11, 1919, when it held its last session.
Before the peace conference defined the exact borders of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the People's Administration for Banat, Bačka and Baranja also administered parts of Banat, Bačka and Baranja that today belong to Romania and Hungary.
[edit] Population
The population of Banat, Bačka and Baranja (within the borders defined by the peace conference) was 1,365,596, including 29.1% Serbs, 27.71% Hungarians, 23.10% Germans, and others.[1][2] Serbs and Croats together comprised 36.80% of population of the region.[3]
[edit] Institutions
The legislative body (parliament) of the province was known as the Great People's Council (Veliki Narodni Savet), while executive body (government) was known as the People's Administration (Narodna Uprava). The Great People's Council consisted of 50 members, which included 35 Serbs, 8 Bunjevci, 5 Slovaks, 1 Krashovan, and 1 Uniate priest.
The People's Administration included following sections:
- Political affairs
- Internal affairs
- Jurisdiction
- Education
- Finances
- Traffic
- Economy
- Food and supplies
- Social reforms
- People's Health
- People's Defence
[edit] Administrators
- Dr. Jovan Lalošević, president of the People's Administration, people's commissioner for political affairs, and temporary people's commissioner for education
- Petar Konjović, vice-president of the People's Administration
- Jovan Hranilović, temporary president of the Great People's Council
- Dr. Slavko Miletić, president of the Great People's Council
- Dr. Jovan Latinčić, vice-president of the Great People's Council
- Dr. Ignjat Pavlas, people's commissioner for internal affairs
- Dr. August Rat, people's commissioner for jurisdiction
- Dr. Vladislav Manojlović, people's commissioner for finances
- Stevan Slavnić, people's commissioner for traffic
- Mita Klicin, people's commissioner for economy
- Dr. Kosta Popović, people's commissioner for food and supplies
- Dušan Tušanović, people's commissioner for social reforms
- Dr. Laza Marković, people's commissioner for people's health
- Dušan Popov, people's commissioner for people's defense
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Drago Njegovan, Prisajedinjenje Vojvodine Srbiji, Novi Sad, 2004.
- Lazo M. Kostić, Srpska Vojvodina i njene manjine, Novi Sad, 1999.
- Dimitrije Boarov, Politička istorija Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 2001.
- Čedomir Popov – Jelena Popov, Autonomija Vojvodine – srpsko pitanje, Sremski Karlovci, 2000.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Christina Bratt Paulston, Donald Peckham, Linguistic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe, 1998, page 76.
- ^ Dr Drago Njegovan, Prisajedinjenje Vojvodine Srbiji, Muzej Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 2004, page 207.
- ^ Dr Drago Njegovan, Prisajedinjenje Vojvodine Srbiji, Muzej Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 2004, page 207.
[edit] External links
- Vojvodina u Prvom svetskom ratu (in Serbian)
- Nedovršeno prisajedinjenje Vojvodine Srbiji (in Serbian)
- Srbi u Rumuniji od ranog srednjeg veka do današnjeg vremena (in Serbian)
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mostly annexed by Albania (1941 – 1944) along with western Macedonia and south-eastern Montenegro |
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SR Montenegro (1943 – 1992) |
Montenegro (since 2006) |
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| Macedonia | Kingdom of Serbia (1912 – 1918) |
annexed by Kingdom of Bulgaria (1941 – 1944) |
SR Macedonia (1944 – 1991) |
Republic of Macedonia (since 1991) |
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