Kosta Taušanović

Who was Kosta Taušanović?

Kosta Taušanović was a Serbian politician, minister and banker. He studied agriculture in Tábor and commerce in Hohenheim. Taušanović was a prominent member of the People's Radical Party, among its founding members and one of the closest collaborators of its leader Nikola Pašić. A Russophile, and an opponent of the Obrenović dynasty, Taušanović was persecuted by the Royal government on several occasions. After the Timok Rebellion 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 Obrenović, as well as during the so-called Čebinac affair.