Dragutin Pećić

Dragutin Pećić (Jagodina, Principality of Serbia, 16 January 1871 - Belgrade, 1948) [1] was a Serbian politician and lawyer.

Drgutin Pećić was born in Jagodina in 1871 to father Dobroslav, a merchant, and mother Katarina (née Damjanović).

[2] He completed his elementary education in Jagodina and Gymnasium in Belgrade before enrolling in Law School of the Grande école.

Upon graduation in 1895, he opened his own practice in Belgrade and joined the popular People's Radical Party (NRS).

[4] As a retired government minister, Dragutin Pećić was one of the founders and chairman of the Centralna Banka (Central Bank) and a founding member of the Executive Committee of the Yugoslav Insurance Company Limited in Belgrade.