Aleksa Simić (Boljevci, March 18, 1800 – Belgrade, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician serving as Prime Minister on three terms and Government Minister on multiple terms.
Biography
Simić was a part of the Ustavobranioci group, known as the Defenders of the Constitution.
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
- List of prime ministers of Serbia
- Avram Petronijević
- Toma Vučić-Perišić
- Dimitrije Davidović
- Ilija Garašanin
External links
- Biography of Aleksa Simić Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Aleksa Simić, biography.
References
- "Члан САНУ". www.vi.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- "[Projekat Rastko - Poljska] [Projekat Rastko Poljska] Đorđe Živanović: Poljska emigracija i ponovni izbor Aleksandra Karađorđevića za kneza 1843. godine". www.rastko.rs. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byKoca Marković | Minister of Finance of Serbia 1835–1840 |
Succeeded byCvetko Rajović |
| Preceded byTenka Stefanović | Prime Minister of Serbia 1839–1840 |
Succeeded byPaun Janković |
| Preceded byĐorđe Protić | Prime Minister of Serbia 1842–1843 |
Succeeded byAleksa Simić |
| Preceded byStevan Marković | Prime Minister of Serbia 1856–1857 |
Succeeded byStevan Marković |
| Preceded byAleksa Janković | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1843–1844 |
Succeeded byAvram Petronijević |
| Preceded byLazar Arsenijević | Minister of Education of Serbia 1849–1852 |
Succeeded byLazar Arsenijević |
| Preceded byLazar Arsenijević | Minister of Justice of Serbia 1849–1852 |
Succeeded byLazar Arsenijević |
| Preceded byAleksandar Nenadović | Minister of Internal Affairs 1858–1859 |
Succeeded byAleksandar Nenadović |
| Preceded byIlija Garašanin | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1853–1855 |
Succeeded byAleksa Janković |
| Preceded byStevan Marković | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1856–1857 |
Succeeded byStevan Marković |
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