The Second Cabinet of Stevča Mihailović was a cabinet of the

Principality of Serbia The Principality of Serbia () was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agre ...

that was formed on May 6, 1876, and dissolved on October 13, 1878. This Cabinet saw some of the most decisive moments in the history of Modern Serbia, such as

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with the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

that finally led to the full

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of Serbia from the Ottomans. In 1876, this cabinet declared the independence of

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and a War on the Ottoman Empire. This led to the Berlin piece Congress, in which the peace was established, and Serbia got its full internationally recognized independence and territorial expansion.

Jovan Ristić Jovan Ristić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Ристић; 16 January 1831 – 4 September 1899) was a Serbian politician, diplomat and historian. Biography Ristić was born in Kragujevac in a poor family where he attended elementary school. In 1842 he ...

, the

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, was Serbia's representative in

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Cabinet members

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabinet of Stevca Mihailovic II Cabinets of Serbia Cabinets established in 1876 Cabinets disestablished in 1878

Cabinet members

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