Tasić, prof. dr Antonije

Career of an Authority Figure in the Field of Insurance

Professor Antonije Tasić, PhD is a doyen of Yugoslav insurance industry. He was born in Vranje in 1912, where he completed elementary and secondary school. In 1934, he graduated top of his class from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade. After completing his studies, he got a job in the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and then in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He was awarded the Order of Saint Sava for his successful work of national importance. As a scholarship holder of the French Government, in 1937/38 he was given the opportunity to complete the specialisation in Paris, in the field of credit and insurance.

In 1939, he was conferred the title of an adjunct professor at the College of Economics and Commerce in Belgrade (the future Faculty of Economics). After the end of World War II, he worked in the Ministry of Finance of Yugoslavia, and at the same time he taught International Economic Relations and Finance at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade.

Professor Antonije Tasić, PhD was a Yugoslav representative to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (presently World Bank) in the period from 1953 to 1957. His great scientific contribution in the field of finance and insurance in the former Yugoslavia placed him among the theoretical founders of this scientific branch, and his authority in these fields was internationally recognised. Professor Antonije Tasić had also been a professor at the Faculty of Economics in Subotica since 1963, and a dean from 1971 to 1973.

According to Đurica Acin PhD, a full professor at the University of Novi Sad, in discussions on insurance issues, Tasić was undoubtedly one of the most competent authors in our country and beyond.

In his career, he participated in founding and editing of many domestic scientific journals in the field of finance. His preference for extensive scientific analyses and vast practical and theoretical knowledge were a valuable asset for the reputation of every journal in which he worked.

He was fluent in French, English and Russian and had a working knowledge of German and Bulgarian.

He died in Belgrade in 1998. The textbooks he wrote are still mandatory readings in teaching insurance-related subjects.

Govorio je francuski, engleski i ruski jezik, a služio se i nemačkim i bugarskim.

Preminuo je u Beogradu 1998. godine. Njegovi udžbenici i danas su na spisku literature u nastavi predmeta koji se tiču osiguranja.