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From Saint Sava to Milosevic – The Pantheon of (Anti)heroes in Serbian Presidential Election (2017) Cover

From Saint Sava to Milosevic – The Pantheon of (Anti)heroes in Serbian Presidential Election (2017)

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics
Volume 13 (2019): Issue 1 (July 2019)
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|Jul 2019
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Table 1

The most important figure in the history of Serbia according to Serbs

OrderHistorical figurePercentage of responders
1Josip Broz Tito19
2Karđorđe12
3Nikola Tesla11
4Saint Sava8
5Vuk Karadžić7
6Zoran Đinđić5
7Miloš Obrenović4
8Slobodan Milošević4
9Tsar Dušan4
10Prince Lazar3
11King Peter I Karađorđević2

[i] Source: Stojanović, Vučetić, Petrović-Todosijević, Manojlović Pintar, Radić 2010, 135.

Table 2

Results of the 2017 presidential election in Serbia

CandidatesNumber of votesPercentage of votes
Aleksandar Vučić2,012,78855.08
Saša Janković597,72816.36
Luka Maksimović344,4989.43
Vuk Jeremić206,6765.66
Vojislav Šešelj163,8024.48
Boško Obradović83,5232.29
Saša Radulović51,6511.41
Milan Stamatović42,1931.15
Nenad Čanak41,0701,12
Aleksandar Popović38,1671.04
Miroslav Parović11,5400.32

[i] Source: Author’s own work based on RIK data Rezultati izbora za predsednika Republike, http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/latinica/izbori-za-predsednika-republike-2017-konacni-2004.php (accessed 19.05.2017).

Table 3

Characteristics of the figures used in the 2017 presidential campaign in Serbia

Category/ExampleHistorical figureMythical figureReligious figureLay figure
Saint SavaXX
Slobodan MiloševićXX
Josip Broz TitoXX
Zoran ĐinđićXX
Vojislav KoštunicaXX
Alexander IXX

[i] Source: Author’s own research.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2019-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2570-5857
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Language: English
Page range: 111 - 127
Published on: Jul 12, 2019
Published by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Serbia,
national heroes,
Kosovo myth,
presidential election,
culture,
memory studies
Related subjects:
Cultural studies,
Cultural theory,
Political theory,
Topics in cultural studies,
Memory,
History,
Topics in history,
Political ideologies and ideas,
Social sciences,
Political science,
Political science, other

© 2019 Agata Domachowska, published by Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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