Dimitrije Cincar-Marković

Dimitrije Cincar Marković Димитрије Цинцар Марковић
Prime Minister of Serbia
In office 7 November 1902 – 29 May 1903
Monarch	Alexander I of Serbia
Personal details
Born	(1849-08-25)25 August 1849 Šabac, Serbia
Died	Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian

Dimitrije Cincar-Marković (Šabac, 6 September 1849 – Belgrade, 11 June 1903) was a Serbian politician serving as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia, army general, Chief of General Staff, professor of war history and strategy.

As one of the closest associates of king Milan Obrenović from 1897 to 1900, he made a significant contribution to the great reform, enlargement, and promotion of the army of the Kingdom of Serbia, which enabled its success in the Balkan wars. Dimitrije Cincar-Marković took steps to combat the revolutionaries of the Bulgarian Exarchate who were terrorizing the Serbian population in Old Serbia and Macedonia. He brought the assassins of Grigoriy Schterbina to justice. He was killed in the May Coup of 11 June 1903.

He was awarded Order of Miloš the Great, Order of the White Eagle, Order of the Cross of Takovo, Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph, Order of Osmanieh, Order of the Medjidie, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Order of the Iron Crown, Serbian Golden and Silver Medal for bravery and other decorations and medals.

Selected works

• Uput za manevrovanje trupa, Belgrade, 1885.
• Uput za manevrovanje trupa, Belgrade, 1897.
• Vođenje trupa i služba po štabovima, Belgrade, 1886.
• Francuska stručna ocena nemačke konjice, Belgrade, 1882, pp. 323.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

Government offices
Preceded by Petar Velimirović	Prime Minister of Serbia 1902–1903	Succeeded by Jovan Avakumović
Preceded by Jovan Atanacković	Chief of the General Staff 1901–1902	Succeeded by Svetozar Nešić