Stevan Zdravković (Zivica,

Principality of Serbia The Principality of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Књажество Србија, Knjažestvo Srbija) was an autonomous state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was ...

, 16 April 1835 - Belgrade,

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, 4 August 1900) was a Serbian

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and chief of the Serbian Military Academy in Belgrade,

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and State

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Zdravković was also a regular member of the Committee for Natural and Mathematical Sciences since 24 January 1871 and the Committee for the Dissemination of Science and Literature to the People since 1883; Secretary of the Committee for Natural and Mathematical Sciences (1881–1883); and honorary member since November 15, 1892.He also served as the 6th Dean of the Academic Board of the Military Academy in Serbia from 1880 to 1887. In 1897 he was named president of The

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, a post he held until 1899 when he was succeeded by

Dragutin Franasović Dragutin Franasović ( sr-cyr, Драгутин Франасовић), was a Serbian army general and politician who held the post of Minister of Defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1899 he succeeded General Stevan Zdravković as preside ...

. A year before the start of Serbian Wars for Independence, Zdravković held the rank of

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at the Serbian General Staff Headquarters and was

Ranko Alimpić Ranko Alimpić ( sr-Cyr, Ранко Алимпић; 1826 – 1882) was a Serbian military officer and politician. He was a general in command of the Drina Valley during the Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876–1878). He was also a Minister of Public W ...

's subordinate.

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Politicians from Belgrade Interior ministers of Serbia 1835 births 1900 deaths {{DEFAULTSORT:Zdravković, Stevan