Melko Čingrija

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Melko Čingrija
Melko Čingrija (1873-1949).jpg
Acting Governor of the National Bank of Serbia
In office
1934–1935
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mayor of Dubrovnik
In office
1911–1914
Preceded byPero Čingrija
Succeeded by
Mayor of Dubrovnik
In office
1919–1920
Preceded byPero Čingrija
Succeeded by
Personal details
BornApril 1, 1873
Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
(now Croatia)
DiedDecember 8, 1949 (age 76)
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
(now Croatia)
NationalityCroatian
Occupationpolitician

Melko Čingrija (April 1, 1873 – December 8, 1949) was a Yugoslav politician.[1]

Life and career[]

Čingrija completed his high school education in Dubrovnik before studying Law in Vienna and Zagreb and receiving a doctorate in Graz.[2] He was the son of the long-time Dubrovnik mayor, Pero Čingrija.[3]

Until 1905, he was a member of the People's Party, then of the Croatian Party.[1] From 1903–08, he served as a member of the Dalmatian Parliament.[1]

Čingrija was at the forefront of the struggle for Croatian national and political rights as one of the advocates of a "new course" policy. He was one of the signatories of the Rijeka resolution.[2] He twice served as the mayor of Dubrovnik (1911–14 and 1919–20).[1]

At the beginning of the First World War, he was interned by the Austrian authorities for his opposition to the Austrian regime.[2] When the Imperial Council was convened in May 1917, he was granted leave to perform parliamentary duties in Vienna. He signed the May Declaration of the Yugoslav Club in the Imperial Council (May 30, 1917) and the Geneva Declaration (November 9, 1918) on the creation of joint Yugoslav governments, of which he was a member.[2]

In 1920, he turned to the Serbian-centric policy pursued by King Aleksandar Karađorđević and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the Serbian radical Nikola Pašić.[citation needed] In 1926, he formally became a member of Pasic's Serbian People's Radical Party.[2] In addition, Čingrija was the vice-governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia,[2] and he signed the banknotes in Cyrillic.[citation needed]

In 1939, he published the books Dubrovnik and The Croatian Question, in which he advocated for the Serb-Catholic point of view, beauty in the territorial division and that it was not necessary to establish the Banovina of Croatia over Zeta Banovina.[citation needed]

Political offices
Preceded by
Pero Čingrija 		Mayor of Dubrovnik
1911–1914 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Pero Čingrija 		Mayor of Dubrovnik
1919–1920 		Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Cingrija, Melko". enciklopedija.hr. Hrvatska enciklopedija. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Melko Čingrija". hbl.lzmk.hr. Hrvatski Biografski Leksikon. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Pero Čingrija". lazaretihub.com. Lazareti.
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