Mujo Sočica

Risto Sočica
Ристо Сочица

4th Ban of Zeta Banovina
In office
23 April 1934 – 13 August 1936
MonarchsAlexander I
Peter I
RegentPaul
Preceded byAleksa Stanišić
Succeeded byPetar Ivanišević
Personal details
BornPlužine, Principality of Montenegro
Political partyYugoslav Radical Union
ParentLazar Sočica
OccupationLawyer, senator, politician and military
NicknameMujo L. Sočica
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Montenegro
Branch/serviceKingdom of Montenegro Montenegrin Army
Years of service1913
Battles/warsBattle of Bregalnica

Risto Sočica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ристо Сочица), better known as Mujo L. Sočica (Serbian Cyrillic: Мујо Л. Сочица)[1] was a Montenegrin and Serbian politician and lawyer, from the Old Herzegovina region. He is the son of the Lazar Sočica, notable Montenegrin vojvoda and the chieftain of the Piva clan.[2]

In the Second Balkan War, Risto Sočica, leading a battalion from Piva region, took part in a significant battle of Bregalnica as part of the Montenegrin division, in 1913, which was the largest battle of the war.[3] After the Podgorica Assembly in 1918 and the unification of Montenegro with Kingdom of Serbia, Mujo Socica was appointed as the head of the Nikšić district of the newly formed province of Montenegro (later Zeta), within the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1932 he was elected senator of Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Between 1934 and 1936, Mujo Sočica served as Ban of Zeta.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Kula vojvode Sočice, Vijesti
  2. ^ Kuga na dvoru vojvode Lazara, Dan
  3. ^ Istorija, Opština Plužine
  4. ^ Amnestija optuženih, Monitor