Aleksa Simić (
Boljevci, March 18, 1800 –
Belgrade
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, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician serving as
Prime Minister
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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
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from
Srem
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, then a
Habsburg
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-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
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 ...
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
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List of prime ministers 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 ...
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Avram 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 ...
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Toma Vučić-Perišić
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Places
* Toma, Burkina Faso, a town in Nayala province
* Toma Department, a department in Nayala province
* Toma, Banwa, Burkina Faso, a town
* Tōma, Hokkaidō, Japan, a town
** Tōma Station, its railway station
*Toma ...
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Dimitrije Davidović
Dimitrije Davidović (12 October 1789 – 24 March 1838) was a Serbian politician serving as the Prime Minister of Serbia, Minister of Education and chief secretary of cabinet to Prince Miloš Obrenović I. He was also a writer, philosopher, ...
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Ilija Garašanin
Ilija Garašanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Гарашанин; 28 January 1812 – 22 June 1874) was a Serbian statesman who served as the prime minister of Serbia between 1852 and 1853 and again from 1861 to 1867.
Ilija Garašanin was conservati ...
External links
Biography of Aleksa Simić
Aleksa Simić, biography
References
1800 births
1872 deaths
Prime ministers of Serbia
Finance ministers of Serbia
Government ministers of Serbia
Foreign ministers of Serbia
Education ministers of Serbia
Interior ministers of Serbia
Justice ministers of Serbia
Habsburg Serbs
Emigrants from the Austrian Empire
Politicians from Belgrade
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