Ljubomir Kaljević (1841,

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– March 20, 1907,

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) was a

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n politician and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia.

Biography

Kaljević completed Gymnasium in

and studied the state sciences in

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and

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. Upon his return to Serbia he published from 1867 to 1870 newspaper ''Serbia'', the only opposition newspaper to Prince Mihailo Obrenović around which gathered all the liberal intelligentsia. Kaljević was first elected as a member of parliament in 1871. He began to publish political newspaper ''Future'' in 1873. He was Minister of Finance from 25 November 1874 to 20 January 1875. Kaljević was Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 26 September 1875 to 24 April 1876. The government, composed of young liberals and conservatives, prepared the Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876-1878), and issued liberal laws about press and municipalities. Later he was head of the Ministry of Finance, was one of the founders of the

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in 1881, Ambassador in

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from 1881 to 1886, and in

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from 1886 to 1889, state advisor from 1895 to 1907, Vice President of the

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in 1901. As a supporter of the

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, Kaljević became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet formed after the coup d'etat on 11 June 1903 and the assassination of King Aleksandar Obrenović. He remained in office until 21 September 1903.

Books

Kaljević wrote the book ''Moje uspomene'' (''My memories'') (1908).

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Biography of Ljubomir Kaljević
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaljevic, Ljubomir 1841 births 1907 deaths Politicians from Užice Serbian Progressive Party (Kingdom of Serbia) politicians Prime ministers of Serbia Finance ministers of Serbia Foreign ministers of Serbia Interior ministers of Serbia

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