Siniša Stanković


Siniša Stanković was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician and biologist.

Biography

He served as a President of Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Serbia and as a 1st President of Serbia. Stanković was also a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, founder of Institute for ecology and biogeography and director of Biological Institute of Serbia. He was born in Zajecar, Kingdom of Serbia and died in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade and Grenoble University. He had a long career in the Serbian and Yugoslav communist parties. During the Second World War he was member of communist Partisan forces. One species of pseudoscorpion is named after him.

Selected works