Đorđe Cenić
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1825|2|6}}
| birth_place = Belgrade, Principality of Serbia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1903|10|7|1825|2|6}}
| death_place = Vienna, Austro-Hungary
| nationality = Serbian
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| occupation = politician, professor, lawyer
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Đorđe Cenić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Ђорђе Ценић}}; 6 February 1825, in Belgrade – 7 October 1903, in Vienna) was a Serbian politician, lawyer, professor and academic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanu.ac.rs/clan/cenic-djordje/|title=Cenic Djordje|website=www.sanu.ac.rs|access-date=2019-09-26}}
Biography
Born to a family of Dimitrije Cenić, a prominent trader based in Belgrade, Cenić was awarded a state scholarship and went on to study in Berlin, Heidelberg and Halle (Saale). After studies Cenić returned to Serbia and became a professor at modern-day University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.
At the age of 29 Cenić became the president of regional court in Smederevo, and later in Belgrade. After his work in a number of courts, Cenić became a government minister, serving as the Prime Minister of Serbia and the Minister of Justice in four terms.{{Cite web |last=RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of Serbia |first= |title=Stvaraoci Srbije – Đorđe Cenić |url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/16/kultura/2127735/stvaraoci-srbije--djordje-cenic.html |access-date=2019-09-26 |website=rts.rs}} He made several reforms in attempt to modernise the country{{Cite web |title=Месечник за Браничевски Подунавски и Поморавски округ “Нова Реч“ |trans-title=Monthly for Branichevsky Podunavski and Pomoravski District "New Speech" |url=https://arhivpozarevac.org.rs/Dokumenta/stampa/nova_rec.pdf |website=arhivpozarevac.org.rs |language=Bulgarian}} and is responsible for a number of modern laws resembling those of other European countries. Cenić abolished corporal punishment in Serbia.
Cenić was awarder Order of the Cross of Takovo, Order of White Eagle and Order of Miloš the Great. He bestowed his personal library to University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.
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