Aleksa Simić (Boljevci, March 18, 1800 – Belgrade, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician serving as Prime Minister on three terms and Government Minister on multiple terms.[1]

Aleksa Simić

Biography

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Simić was a part of the Ustavobranioci group, known as the Defenders of the Constitution.[2]

Aleksa first came to the Principality of Serbia from Srem, then a Habsburg-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 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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References

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  1. ^ "Члан САНУ". www.vi.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  2. ^ "[Projekat Rastko - Poljska] [Projekat Rastko Poljska] Đorđe Živanović: Poljska emigracija i ponovni izbor Aleksandra Karađorđevića za kneza 1843. godine". www.rastko.rs. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance of Serbia
1835–1840
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Serbia
1839–1840
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Serbia
1842–1843
Succeeded by
Aleksa Simić
Preceded by Prime Minister of Serbia
1856–1857
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1843–1844
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Education of Serbia
1849–1852
Succeeded by
Lazar Arsenijević
Preceded by
Lazar Arsenijević
Minister of Justice of Serbia
1849–1852
Succeeded by
Lazar Arsenijević
Preceded by Minister of Internal Affairs
1858–1859
Succeeded by
Aleksandar Nenadović
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1853–1855
Succeeded by
Aleksa Janković
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1856–1857
Succeeded by