Banat, Bačka and Baranja

Banat, Bačka and Baranja Banat, Bačka i Baranja Банат, Бачка и Барања
Province of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
← 1918–1922 →
Banat, Bačka and Baranja in 1918–1919
Capital		Novi Sad
Prime Minister		Dr. Jovan Lalošević
History
•	Established	October 1918
•	Disestablished	1922
Today part of		Serbia  Croatia  Romania  Hungary

Division of Banat between Romania and Serbia at the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)

parts of Banat, Bačka and Baranja plus Syrmia recognized as a territory of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)

Banat, Bačka and Baranja (Serbian: Banat, Bačka i Baranja / Банат, Бачка и Барања) was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes between October 1918 and 1922. It included geographical regions of Banat, Bačka, and Baranja and its administrative center was Novi Sad.

Name

The official name of the province was Banat, Bačka and Baranja, but it was also unofficially known as Vojvodina.

History

Following the collapse of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, the regions of Banat, Bačka and Baranja came under control of the Serbian army, in November. They entered Novi Sad on 9 November and dismantled the Hungarian-supported Banat Republic on 15 November. The local ethnic Serb population from these regions had already formed its own administration under the supreme authority of Serbian National Board in Novi Sad.

Great National Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs.

On November 25, 1918, the Great National Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs (Velika narodna skupština Srba, Bunjevaca i ostalih Slovena/Велика народна скупштина Срба, Буњеваца и осталих Словена, German: Große Volksversammlung der Serben, Bunjewatzen und der übrigen Slawen) from Banat, Bačka and Baranja, voted that these regions join to the Kingdom of Serbia. The assembly numbered 757 deputies, of whom 578 were Serbs, 84 Bunjevci, 62 Slovaks, 21 Rusyns, 6 Germans, 3 Šokci, 2 Croats, and 1 Hungarian.

The Great People's Assembly decided to join Banat, Bačka and Baranja to Serbia, and formed a new local administration (government) in these regions known as the People's Administration for Banat, Bačka and Baranja (Narodna uprava za Banat, Bačku i Baranju / Народна управа за Банат, Бачку и Барању). The president of the People's Administration was Dr. Jovan Lalošević. The People's Council was formed as the legislative body of the province.

On December 1, the Kingdom of Serbia together with the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs formed a new country named Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Although the government in Belgrade accepted the decision that Banat, Bačka and Baranja had joined Serbia, it did not recognize the People's Administration. The People's Administration for Banat, Bačka and Baranja was active until March 11, 1919, when it held its last session.

Before the peace conference defined the exact borders of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the People's Administration for Banat, Bačka and Baranja also administered parts of Banat, Bačka and Baranja that today belong to Romania and Hungary.

After the Paris peace conference, the Banat, Bačka and Baranja province remained in place until the Vidovdan Constitution of 1921 which established the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes as a unitary state and replaced in 1922 the 8 Pokrajinas (provinces) by 33 new administrative oblasts (counties) ruled from the center.

Population

The population of Banat, Bačka and Baranja (within the borders defined by the peace conference) was 1,365,596, including 29.1% Serbs, 27.71% Hungarians, 23.10% Germans, and others.^[1][2] Serbs and Croats together comprised 36.80% of population of the region.^[3]

Institutions

The legislative body (parliament) of the province was known as the Great People's Council (Veliki Narodni Savet), while executive body (government) was known as the People's Administration (Narodna Uprava). The Great People's Council consisted of 50 members, which included 35 Serbs, 8 Bunjevci, 5 Slovaks, 1 Krashovan, and 1 Uniate priest.

The People's Administration included following sections:

• Political affairs
• Internal affairs
• Jurisdiction
• Education
• Finances
• Traffic
• Economy
• Food and supplies
• Social reforms
• People's Health
• People's Defence

Administrators

• Dr. Jovan Lalošević, president of the People's Administration, people's commissioner for political affairs, and temporary people's commissioner for education
• Petar Konjović, vice-president of the People's Administration
• Jovan Hranilović, temporary president of the Great People's Council
• Dr. Slavko Miletić, president of the Great People's Council
• Dr. Jovan Latinčić, vice-president of the Great People's Council
• Dr. Ignjat Pavlas, people's commissioner for internal affairs
• Dr. August Rat, people's commissioner for jurisdiction
• Dr. Vladislav Manojlović, people's commissioner for finances
• Stevan Slavnić, people's commissioner for traffic
• Mita Klicin, people's commissioner for economy
• Dr. Kosta Popović, people's commissioner for food and supplies
• Dušan Tušanović, people's commissioner for social reforms
• Dr. Laza Marković, people's commissioner for people's health
• Dušan Popov, people's commissioner for people's defense

See also

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History of Vojvodina
Ancient Times Pannonia Pannonia Inferior Pannonia Secunda Dacia Dacia Felix Dacia Superior Diocese of Pannonia Diocese of Illyricum Prefecture of Illyricum
Early Middle Ages Gepid Kingdom Byzantine Pannonia Domain of Kuber Avar Khaganate Domain of župan Butaul Voivodeship of Salan Voivodeship of Glad Voivodeship of Ahtum Voivodeship of Sermon Theme Sirmium
High Middle Ages Kingdom of Hungary Medieval Syrmia Medieval Banat Realm of Stefan Dragutin King Stefan Dragutin King Stefan Vladislav II Domain of Ugrin Csák Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk Đorđe Branković Jovan Branković Ivaniš Berislavić Stefan Berislavić Jovan Nenad Radoslav Čelnik Radič Božić Pavle Bakić
Early Modern Times Temeşvar Eyalet Sanjak of Syrmia Sanjak of Segedin Banate of Lugoj and Caransebeș Banat of Temeswar District of Potisje District of Velika Kikinda
Modern Times Serbian Vojvodina Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banat Bács-Bodrog County Syrmia County Torontál County Temes County Banat Republic Banat, Bačka and Baranja Danube Banovina Banat (1941–1944) Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1945-1963) Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1963-1990) Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
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• History of Vojvodina
• History of Serbia

References

• Drago Njegovan, Prisajedinjenje Vojvodine Srbiji, Novi Sad, 2004.
• Lazo M. Kostić, Srpska Vojvodina i njene manjine, Novi Sad, 1999.
• Dimitrije Boarov, Politička istorija Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 2001.
• Čedomir Popov, Jelena Popov, Autonomija Vojvodine – srpsko pitanje, Sremski Karlovci, 2000.

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a Prekmurje annexed by Hungary. b See also SAO Kninska Krajina (1990) → SAO Krajina (1990–1991); and SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1990–1991), SAO Western Slavonia (1990–1991) and the Republic of Serbian Krajina (1990–1995), all replaced by the UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (1996–1998). c See also Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia; and the Serbian Autonomous Oblasts (SAOs) of Bosanska Krajina, North-Eastern Bosnia, Romanija and Herzegovina (1991–1992), which all combined to form the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995). d Bačka was reannexed by Hungary (1941–1944), while Syrmia was annexed by the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1944). e See also Republic of Užice. f Annexed by Fascist Italy (1941–1943) and Nazi Germany (1943–1944). Smaller part annexed by the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1944).							g Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states. h Macedonia is known in the United Nations as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia because of a naming dispute with Greece. j Free Territory was established in 1947. Its administration was divided into two areas (Zone A) and (Zone B). Free Territory was de facto taken over by Italy and SFRY in 1954.