Miloje Todorović ( sr-cyr, Милоје Тодоровић; 1762–1832) was a

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and politician.

Biography

Todorović participated in Koča's frontier rebellion and both the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

and the

Second Serbian Uprising The Second Serbian Uprising ( / ''Drugi srpski ustanak'', ) was the second phase of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re-annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire in 1813. The occupation was ...

. Due to great contributions he made in the First Serbian Uprising

Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović (; ; – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 ...

declared him a voivode. As a fluent speaker of

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and one of Serbia's most notable people. He was a part of Serbian delegation which came up with a

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with the

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in 1815. For that achievement, sultan

Mahmud II Mahmud II (, ; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms ...

bestowed Todorović with silver sabre and other gifts. After the end of Serbian Revolution, Todorović held a number of public offices in the area of Civil law courts.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Todorovic, Miloje People from the Ottoman Empire People of the First Serbian Uprising Prime ministers of Serbia 19th-century Serbian people Politicians from Jagodina 1762 births 1832 deaths

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