Dušan Pavlović

Dušan Pavlović (Full name: Dušan Dragutin Pavlović), was a Serbian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of the Serbian Empire from 1966-1969.

History:

Dušan Pavlović was born on the 13th of May, 1897, in the city of Belgrade, which was then located in the Kingdom of Serbia under King Zivko I. When Pavlović was 17, he decided to join the army to fight against the Austro-Hungarian empire in the First World War. Pavlović had to retreat through the Albanian mountains during the great retreat where he was wounded and honorably discharged from the army in October of 1916.

On the 7th of August, 1920, Pavlović joined the Royal Serbian Navy where he would serve at a naval base in the Bay of Kotor, located in the province of Montenegro at the time. Pavlović would rise through the ranks pretty consistently and would eventually see his first combat engaging in a raid of the Dubrovnik naval base during the Serbo-Croatian war from in September of 1926.

Pavlović would also fight in the Second World War, where he would raid numerous Royal Italian naval bases from 1940 to July of 1943, when he was wounded in battle and was forced to retire when he was a Counter Admiral. Pavlović decided to live out the rest of the war in the city of Cetinje.

Political career in the Serbian Empire:

After the Serbian Empire was established on the 23rd of January, 1950 by Emperor Franjo I, Pavlović would run for the General elections which were held the next year in February. Pavlović would shortly after be elected into the parliament of Serbia in July of 1951, recieving 2.92% of the vote. Here, Pavlović would eventually be picked to become the Minister of Architecture by Stefan Borislav I in June of 1952, as he knew much about architecture.

   Pavlović would remain in this position for a while, until he decided to leave the position himself to continue his career in the Navy in March of 1961. He would remain as a deputy of parliament however, serving for the Conservative Party of Serbia. Later on, he would serve as a Vice-admiral in the Great European War, fending off the Germans from an attempted landing at Dubrovnik in April of 1964.

Premiership:

On the 7th of April, 1966, Pavlović, due to being a respected war hero in many wars and not having many strong opinions on other members of the government, was chosen as Prime Minister by Emperor Borislav I. Pavlović immediately started trying to fix the torn cities which had either been captured or bombed during the war.

His biggest contribution to post-war repairing was the repairation of Ljubljana, an important city which had 30% of it's buildings destroyed during the war by air raids and such. Pavlović also attempted to reform the federal system of the empire, attempting to give more power to the provincial governors in new policies made in October of 1968.

Pavlović eventually resigned from his position on the 11th of May, 1969, after having served for a bit over 3 years as Prime Minister.

Death:

After going into retirement, Pavlović decided to live out the rest of his days in the city of Zenica. Pavlović lived in the city until he died of pneumonia on the 18th of August, 1979, at the old age of 82.

Medals and Awards:

* Order of the White Eagle, 3rd class (Awarded: 15th of November, 1926)
* Sretenje Order, 1st class (Awarded: 26th of April, 1964)
* Order of Karađorđe's Star (Awarded: 3rd of September, 1966)