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Milan Petronijević (; 11 November 1831 — 14 October 1914) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who served as the
Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd degree
Minister of Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
from 1867 to 1868.
Biography
Petronijević was born in 1831 in Jagodina which at that time was part of the Principality of Serbia. His fatherAvram Petronijević
Avram Petronijević (13 September 1791 – 22 April 1852) was a Serbian politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Serbia on several terms and holding the longest term by one Prime Minister in the political histor ...
was a Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He started off his diplomatic career as an Ambassador of Serbia to the Ottoman Empire
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from 1854 to 1861. Later, he was the President of the Theater Board from 9 December 1864 to 13 July 1868. He was a representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jovan Ristić
Jovan Ristić ( sr-Cyr, Јован Ристић; 16 January 1831 – 4 September 1899) was a Serbian politician, diplomat and historian.
Biography
Born at Kragujevac, he was educated at Belgrade, Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris. After failing to o ...
from 3 to 21 November 1867.
On 21 November 1867, he got appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and served until 21 June 1868. After leaving this position, all of his further engagements were in diplomacy as he was an Ambassador of Serbia in Bucharest
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from 1873 to 1880, Ambassador in Berlin
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from 1880 to 1888, Ambassador in Vienna
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from 1889 to 1890 and an Ambassador in St. Petersburg from 1890 to 1897.
He also served as the President of the State Council.
Personal life
In 1855, Petronijević married Cleopatra, the daughter of the Prince of Serbia Alexander Karađorđević. After Cleopatra's unexpected death, he married for the second time, this time with Jelisaveta Cukić, daughter of Petar Lazarević Cukić and granddaughter of Duke Pavle Cukić by her father, and Duke Petar Nikolajević Moler by mother, the sister of Kosta Cukić.Позната као београдска лепотица. Вид. Милан Јовановић Стојимировић, ''Силуете старог Београда'', Београд 2008, pp. 635. Milan Petronijević and Jelisaveta Petronijević (1837-1915) had a son, Miloš and two daughters.Awards
* Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd degree
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