Aleksa Simić
Prime Minister of Serbia
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Aleksa Simić (Boljevci, March 18, 1800 – Belgrade, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who thrice served as Prime Minister of the Principality of Serbia and held a number of other ministerial posts from the 1830s through the 1850s.[1]
Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић | |
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| Representative of the Prince of Serbia | |
| In office 28 September 1856 – 1 July 1857 | |
| Monarch | Alexander I |
| Preceded by | Stefan Marković |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Marković |
| In office 26 March 1853 – 28 December 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Ilija Garašanin |
| Succeeded by | Aleksa Janković |
| In office 6 October 1843 – 11 October 1844 | |
| Preceded by | Avram Petronijević |
| Succeeded by | Avram Petronijević |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1800 |
| Died | 17 March 1872 (aged 72) |
Biography
Simić was a part of the Ustavobranioci group, known as the Defenders of the Constitution.[2]
Aleksa first came to the Principality of Serbia from Srem, then a Habsburg-occupied territory, in 1819. He was hired as a clerk in the office of Prince Miloš Obrenović. In 1835, Simić becomes the Minister of Finance, and in 1842 he served as Prince Miloš's diplomatic envoy in negotiations with the Ottomans at Constantinople. In 1843 he becomes the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Serbia.
His older brother, Stojan Simić, was also a politician and a businessman. Both brothers owed to Miloš Obrenović their rise from humble beginnings to great wealth and power. His nephew was Đorđe Simić, who held the post of Prime Minister of Serbia.
See also
External links
- Biography of Aleksa Simić Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Aleksa Simić, biography.
