%0 Journal Article
%T Nikola Pašić (1845–1926) – Serbian Radical Conservatist
%A Dymarski, Mirosław
%J Central European and Balkan Studies
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2543733XSSB.16.004.6246
%N Volume XXIV
%P 45-58
%K Nikola Pašić, Serbia, the Balkans, political leadership, radicalism, conservatism
%@ 2451-4993
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/ssb/article/nikola-pasic-1845-1926-serbski-radykalny-konserwatysta
%X 
	This article focuses on the fi gure and the political leadership of Nikola Pašić, the greatest Serbian politician and the leader of the National Radical Party. He had a signifi cant impact on the politics of Serbia during the period of 40 years at the turn of the 20th and 21st century, as he repeatedly held the position of a minister and Prime Minister of Serbia, and subsequently, Prime Minister of the first Yugoslavia. Being a graduate of ETH Zurich, in politics, he represented extreme conservatism, which was essentially at odds with the name of the radical movement, headed by him. In politics, he proclaimed collectivism, rather than individualism. His political philosophy was based on the recognition of the special role of the Serbian peasantry as the creators of the Serbian state and the main political actors in the country. In foreign policy, in turn, he attributed a special role to Russia, a country with which he was hoping to create the Slavic Orthodox civilization.