Aleksa Simić

Aleksa Simić
Алекса Симић
Representative of the Prince of Serbia
In office
28 September 1856 – 1 July 1857
MonarchAlexander I
Preceded byStefan Marković
Succeeded byStefan Marković
In office
26 March 1853 – 28 December 1855
Preceded byIlija Garašanin
Succeeded byAleksa Janković
In office
6 October 1843 – 11 October 1844
Preceded byAvram Petronijević
Succeeded byAvram Petronijević
Personal details
Born8 March 1800
Boljevci, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire
Died17 March 1872 (1872-03-18) (aged 72)
Belgrade, Principality of Serbia

Aleksa Simić (Boljevci, March 18, 1800 – Belgrade, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who thrice served as Prime Minister of the Principality of Serbia and held a number of other ministerial posts from the 1830s through the 1850s.[1]

Biography

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

References

  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.
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