Đorđe Vojnović

{{Short description|Serbian politician}}

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Đorđe Jovanov Vojnović (26 September 1833–11 September 1895) was a Serbian politician.{{cite web | url = http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-bo/casopisi/boka/23/dmartinovic_l.html | language = Serbian | author = Dušan J. Martinović | title = Admirali i generali Vojnovići u ruskoj vojsci | year = 2003 | work = Project Rastko Boka | accessdate = 2010-11-22}}

Biography

Vojnović was born in the noble House of Vojnović from Herceg Novi, as the son of Jovan Đorđev Vojnović and Katarina Gojković.

He was, alongside his brother Konstantin Vojnović, educated in Dubrovnik, where they both converted to Roman Catholicism in ca. 1850. After studying law in Vienna and in Padova, he relocated to Herceg Novi where he served as mayor from 1863 to 1877.{{cite web |title=Vojnović de Užički, Đorđe (Georg) Gf. (1833–1895), Politiker |url=https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_V/Vojnovic-Uzicki_Dorde_1833_1895.xml |website=www.biographien.ac.at |publisher=Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage |language=German}}

Đorđe Vojnović was initially a member of the People's Party. He was deputy speaker of became the Diet of Dalmatia from 1870 to 1876 before becoming speaker in 1877. He also became one of the founders of the Serbian People's Party in 1879.

Vojnović eventually returned to Serbian Orthodoxy.

From 1884, he was Commander of the Franz Joseph Order and also served as Vice President of the Dalmatian Red Cross State Relief Association.

He married an Italian woman of the Martinelli clan hailing from Trogir. The couple had three children: Dušan, Ljubica and Darinka.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

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