Aleksa Janković ( sr-cyr, Алекса Јанковић; 1806 in
Timișoara
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– 22 June 1869 in
Belgrade
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) was a Serbian lawyer and politician who served as
Prime Minister of Serbia
The prime minister of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, премијер Србије, premijer Srbije; feminine gender, feminine: премијерка/premijerka), officially the president of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, председн ...
, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice and Minister of Education. He held pro-Austrian political views and was a close associate of
Toma Vučić Perišić.
He attended high school in Timișoara and went to study law in Budapest.
In 1834 he arrived in Serbia and was appointed clerk at the chancery of Prince
Miloš Obrenović
Miloš Obrenović (; ; 18 March 1780 or 1783 – 26 September 1860) born Miloš Teodorović (; ), also known as Miloš the Great () was the Prince of Serbia twice, from 1815 to 1839, and from 1858 to 1860. He was an eminent figure of the Firs ...
. In 1839 he returned to the Prince's chancery, only to witness the coming to power of the
Karađorđević dynasty headed by Prince
Alexander Karađorđević, who accelerated Aleksa Janković's career.
As of 1864 Janković became an honorary member of the Society of Serbian Letters, which later became the
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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The Academy's membership has included Nobel Prize, Nobel la ...
.
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1806 births
1869 deaths
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