Avram Petronijević (13 September 1791 – 22 April 1852) was a Serbian politician serving as

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of the

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on several terms and holding the longest term by one Prime Minister in the political history of Serbia.

Biography

Petronijević was born in Tekija, and was educated in a school in the neighboring Orşova (

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). In 1817 he returned to

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to pursue a political career and soon became the personal secretary of Prince Miloš Obrenović. He was a member of the Serbian deputation in

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from 1821 until 1826, and later several times a Serbian deputy (''ćehaja'') at the Turkish government (

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). Later, with

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, Stojan Simić,

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, Petronijević stood at the head of ''Ustavobranitelji'' (

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against the Prince Prince Miloš Obrenović. During the reign of Prince Alexander Karađorđevic, starting from 1844 until his death he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Representative of the Prince (Prime Minister). He died in

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on 22 April 1852 (

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) and was buried in the church of St. Petka on the

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, next to Samuilo Jakovljević, a colleague from the Serbian deputation in

from 1821 until 1826, though Jakovljević died in 1824.

References

External links

Biography of Avram Petronijević

Avram Petronijević„Radovan Kalabić: Avram Petronijević (1791-1852)“
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