<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article aims to analyze the presidential campaign in Serbia (2017). It focuses on the presence of different significant figures from Serbian history and culture in the public sphere. It begins by presenting the pantheon of eminent figures in the history of Serbia. Next, the presidential election and its results are briefly described. Then, the text investigates the question what kind of eminent figures, by whom, and in which context were used in the last Serbian presidential campaign. The conclusion summarizes the specifics of the use of historical characters for political aims in that case.</p></abstract>

This article aims to analyze the presidential campaign in Serbia (2017). It focuses on the presence of different significant figures from Serbian history and culture in the public sphere. It begins by presenting the pantheon of eminent figures in the history of Serbia. Next, the presidential election and its results are briefly described. Then, the text investigates the question what kind of eminent figures, by whom, and in which context were used in the last Serbian presidential campaign. The conclusion summarizes the specifics of the use of historical characters for political aims in that case.

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

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This article aims to analyze the presidential campaign in Serbia (2017). It focuses on the presence of different significant figures from Serbian history and...

Order	Historical figure	Percentage of responders
1	Josip Broz Tito	19
2	Karđorđe	12
3	Nikola Tesla	11
4	Saint Sava	8
5	Vuk Karadžić	7
6	Zoran Đinđić	5
7	Miloš Obrenović	4
8	Slobodan Milošević	4
9	Tsar Dušan	4
10	Prince Lazar	3
11	King Peter I Karađorđević	2

Candidates	Number of votes	Percentage of votes
Aleksandar Vučić	2,012,788	55.08
Saša Janković	597,728	16.36
Luka Maksimović	344,498	9.43
Vuk Jeremić	206,676	5.66
Vojislav Šešelj	163,802	4.48
Boško Obradović	83,523	2.29
Saša Radulović	51,651	1.41
Milan Stamatović	42,193	1.15
Nenad Čanak	41,070	1,12
Aleksandar Popović	38,167	1.04
Miroslav Parović	11,540	0.32

Category/Example	Historical figure	Religious figure	Lay figure
Saint Sava	X	X
Slobodan Milošević	X		X
Josip Broz Tito	X		X
Zoran Đinđić	X		X
Vojislav Koštunica	X		X
Alexander I	X		X

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

Publicado en línea: 12 jul 2019

Páginas: 111 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2019-0005

Palabras clave
Serbia, national heroes, Kosovo myth, presidential election, culture, memory studies

© 2019 Agata Domachowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Results of the 2017 presidential election in Serbia

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

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

Publicado en línea: 12 jul 2019

Páginas: 111 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2019-0005

Palabras claveSerbia, national heroes, Kosovo myth, presidential election, culture, memory studies

© 2019 Agata Domachowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Results of the 2017 presidential election in Serbia

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

Palabras clave
Serbia, national heroes, Kosovo myth, presidential election, culture, memory studies