Đorđe Vajfert was a Serbian industrialist, Governor of the National Bank of Serbia and after 1920 the National Bank of Yugoslavia. In addition, he is considered the founder of the modern mining sector in Serbia and a great benefactor.
Đorđe Vajfert
Weifert on the 1000 Serbian dinar bill.
National Bank of Yugoslavia
The National Bank of Yugoslavia was the central bank of Yugoslavia, succeeding the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia in Belgrade in 1920. It was formally known as the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until 3 October 1929, and as the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from then until the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941.
National Bank Building, Belgrade, former seat of the National Bank
Detail of building at Jurišićeva Ulica 17, originally the former Zagreb branch of the Austro-Hungarian Bank that became the wartime seat of the Croatian State Bank
Mid-1920s extension of the National Bank Building, Belgrade
Former branch in Dubrovnik, completed 1936