List of honorary citizens of Zrenjanin

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Honorary citizen of Zrenjanin is a title awarded by the leadership of the Serbian city of Zrenjanin on behalf of the city.

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List of honorary citizens

The list includes people who have been awarded the title of honorary citizen of Zrenjanin. [1]

No.NamePortraitDateNotesCountryRef(s)
1 Mór Jókai
(1825–1904)
Mor Jokai.jpg 1893 Hungarian nobleman, novelist, dramatist and revolutionary.Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Austria-Hungary [1]
2 Mihajlo Pupin
(1858–1935)
Mihajlo Pupin.jpg 1921Serbian physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist based in the United States.Flag of the United States.svg  United States [1]
3 Edouard Herriot
(1872–1957)
Edouard Herriot - President du Conseil - 1924.jpeg 1933French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies.Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  French Third Republic [1]
4 Petar Živković
(1879–1947)
General Petar Zivkovic.jpg 1936 Serbian military officer, political figure, and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1932).Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Kingdom of Yugoslavia [1]
5 Milan Stojadinović
(1888–1961)
Milan Stojadinovic.jpg Serbian and Yugoslav politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1935–1939), as Foreign Minister (1935–1939) and as Minister of Finance (1922–1924, 1924–1926, 1934–1935).Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Kingdom of Yugoslavia [1]
6 Josip Broz Tito
(1892—1980)
Josip Broz Tito uniform portrait.jpg 1962 Yugoslav President of Yugoslavia, Marshal of Yugoslavia and President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia [1]
7 Jovan Veselinov
(1906–1982)
Stevan Kragujevic, Jovan Veselinov, osamdesetih godina.JPG 1982 Serbian and Yugoslav communist politician, President of Serbia, Prime Minister of Serbia and Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. He was a Partisan fighter in World War II, and was proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia.Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia [1]
8 Dragoslav Avramović
(1919–2001)
Grb Grada Zrenjanina.svg 1994 Serbian economist and the governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia.Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Почасни грађани Зрењанина". zrenjanin.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.