Svetislav Tisa Milosavljević

Svetislav Tisa Milosavljević, or Бан Светислав Тиса Милосављевић (9 July 1882, Niš – 28 July 1960, Belgrade) was a military architect. He was the eldest son of a wealthy Niš businessman, Tome Milosavljević.

Military career

Milosavljević planned to become an engineer, but his father's financial collapse forced him into the military profession. He became an authority on military traffic, while advancing at the end of 1925 to the rank of Brigadier General. He came to Banja Luka on 8 November 1929. In a short time with a substantial state financial aid he helped develop the Banovina, and in particular Banja Luka.

His greatest accomplishments include the Banska Palace (now the city administration), Governor's Palace, the Theatre (founded in 1930 and today's building built 1934), Public Health Institute, the facilities and the Teacher's School of Agriculture, the east wing of the then Grammar School, and seven residential buildings for officers (present-day Alley St. Sava and at the Post Office). He helped establish the Banate Museum, Association for Tourism and Craft and the Chamber of Commerce.

Although not a direct investor, builder or founder, Milosavljević was credited for the emergence of the Banja Luka town park with a monument to Petar Kočić, for upgrading the hotel Bosnia, for paving and street lighting, and for the construction of Sokolski Dom, City Municipality and the Hotel Palace. After becoming viceroy, Milosavljević only once visited Banja Luka - Ascension Day, 18 May 1939, when he accepted the invitation of the Banja Luka Orthodox parish and came to the cathedral shrine.