Aristotel Petrović

Aristotel Petrović
6th Mayor of Sarajevo
In office
2 December 1918 – November 1920
Preceded by Fehim Čurčić
Succeeded by Ljudevit Novat
Personal details
Born Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary

Aristotel Petrović was a Bosnian politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Sarajevo from 1918 to 1920. He was Sarajevo's first mayor post-World War I and in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. From 1929 to 1931, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. There is no known information about his life after 1931.

Early life and family

Petrović was born to a family of Bosnian Serb merchants in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His father Petar Petrović was a Serb from Korçë, Albania who self-identified as ethnically Greek and gave his three sons (Aristotel, Diogen and Sokrat) Greek names.[1]

Politics

After the First World War ended in 1918, Petrović was elected as Sarajevo's 6th mayor on 2 December of that year,[2] and served until Ljudevit Novat was elected in the November 1920 elections, although he had attempted to resign in May 1920.[3] He was the city's first mayor in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Istorija srpskog naroda". Google Books. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sarajevo: A Biography; page 142". Google Books. 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "ZABORAVLJENI GRAD KRALJEVINE JUGOSLAVIJE". IIS. 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Među osobama koje su u 135 godina vodile Sarajevo samo su četiri katolika bila na čelu grada". Večernji list. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.