Puniša Račić
Puniša Račić | |
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Puniša Račić, c. 1925 | |
| Member of Parliament in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
| In office 27 September 1927 – 20 June 1928 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1886 Slatina, Principality of Montenegro |
| Died | 16 October 1944 (aged 58) Belgrade, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| Political party | People's Radical Party (NRS) |
Puniša Račić (Serbian Cyrillic: Пуниша Рачић; 12 July 1886 – 16 October 1944) was a Serb leader and People's Radical Party (NRS) politician. He assassinated Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) representatives Pavle Radić and Đuro Basariček and mortally wounded HSS leader Stjepan Radić in a shooting which took place on the floor of the Yugoslav parliament on 20 June 1928. He was tried and handed a 60-year sentence, which was immediately reduced to twenty years. He served most of his sentence under house arrest and was killed by the Yugoslav Partisans in October 1944.