Puniša Račić

Puniša Račić
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(1886-07-12)12 July 1886
Slatina, Principality of Montenegro
Died16 October 1944(1944-10-16) (aged 58)
Belgrade, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
PartyPeople'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.

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