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Živojin Balugdžić

Živojin Balugdžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живојин Балугџић; Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 19 February 1868 — Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 26 September 1941) was a Serbian diplomat and a former member of the Serbian Chetnik Organization in the Macedonian Struggle.

Biography

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Živojin Balugdžić finished his elementary education and high school in Belgrade. He began his law studies in Belgrade and graduated from the University of Geneva with a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence during his self-imposed exile.

He left Serbia for Switzerland in 1894 because of an article "Destroy the Dvor" published in the newspaper Narodni prijatil, which he initiated with Naum Dimitrijević, a social, political and cultural activist from Macedonia.[disambiguation needed]

Živojin returned to the Kingdom of Serbia after the May Coup in 1903 with the arrival of Peter I Karađorđević to the throne. Živojin Balugdžić, the personal secretary of King Peter Karađorđević and the head of the Press Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. King Petar had unlimited trust in Balugdžić, both before and after his arrival on the throne of Serbia. He performed the most confidential missions at the behest of the king.

In 1906, Živojin Balugdžić became the secretary of the Serbian Embassy in Constantinople. His sudden departure from the national Press Bureau for Constantinople was a consequence of his long-standing conflict with Nikola Pašić. Entering the diplomatic service was a good omen for him. He was Serbia's Consul in Bitola in 1907 and from 10 September 1907 to 8 May 1909 Serbian Consul in Skopje[1] when secret negotiations were taking place between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. As consul in Skopje, he started the Serbian newspaper Vardar in 1908 to coincide with the Young Turk Revolution there. He tried to calm the conflict between the two consular and metropolitan currents..[2] He was one of the most informed Serbs about the events in the conflict of the Young Turk Revolution and Old Turks. He was often used as a source by Politika correspondent Branislav Nušić.[3] At the head of the metropolitan current was the Bishop of Skopje Vićentije Krdžić, who tried to completely take over the leadership of the revolutionary organization and education in Macedonia from Serbian diplomacy.[4]Between 1909 and 1912 he was consul in Thessalonica. He was an ambassador in Athens (during World War I)[5], Rome (from 1924 to 1925), and Berlin (from 1927 to 1935). As Yugoslav ambassador in Berlin he made an immense contribution to the understanding between the Yugoslav and German people. He retired in 1935 when Hitler came to power[6]

Živojin Balugdžić died in 1941[7]His son Raoul died in April 1923, he was the secretary of the embassy in Berlin. [8]

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References

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  • Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia: https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr/%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%9F%D0%B8%D1%9B