Kosta Taušanović, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kosta Taušanović

Serbian politician

Date of Birth: 04-May-1854

Place of Birth: Aleksinac, Nišava District, Serbia

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1902

Profession: economist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Kosta Taušanovic (Aleksinac, May 4, 1854 – Rijeka, January 26, 1902) was a Serbian politician, minister and banker.
He studied agriculture in Tábor (then in Austria-Hungary, today in the Czech Republic) and commerce in Hohenheim (Germany).
Taušanovic was a prominent member of the People's Radical Party, among its founding members and one of the closest collaborators of its leader Nikola Pašic.
A Russophile, and an opponent of the Obrenovic dynasty, Taušanovic was persecuted by the Royal government on several occasions.
After the Timok Rebellion (1883) he was, along with many other Radical leaders, sentenced to eight years in prison, but was pardoned in early 1886.
He was a negotiator of the Liberal-Radical Coalition of 1886.
He was again in trouble with the authorities due to his Radical affiliation after the assassination attempt against ex-King Milan Obrenovic (1889), as well as during the so-called Cebinac affair (1894).