Milan Petronijević
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Jagodina, Principality of Serbia
Vrnjačka Banja, Kingdom of Serbia
Milan Petronijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Петронијевић; 11 November 1831 — 14 October 1914) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1867 to 1868.
Biography
Petronijević was born in 1831 in Jagodina which at that time was part of the Principality of Serbia. His father Avram Petronijević was a Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]
He started off his diplomatic career as an Ambassador of Serbia to the Ottoman Empire from 1854 to 1861. Later, he was the President of the Theater Board from 9 December 1864 to 13 July 1868. He was a representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jovan Ristić from 3 to 21 November 1867.[1]
On 21 November 1867, he got appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and served until 21 June 1868. After leaving this position, all of his further engagements were in diplomacy as he was an Ambassador of Serbia in Bucharest from 1873 to 1880, Ambassador in Berlin from 1880 to 1888, Ambassador in Vienna from 1889 to 1890 and an Ambassador in St. Petersburg from 1890 to 1897.[1]
He also served as the President of the State Council.[1]
Personal life
In 1855, Petronijević married Cleopatra, the daughter of the Prince of Serbia Alexander Karađorđević. After Cleopatra's unexpected death, he married for the second time, this time with Jelisaveta Cukić, daughter of Petar Lazarević Cukić and granddaughter of Duke Pavle Cukić by her father, and Duke Petar Nikolajević Moler by mother, the sister of Kosta Cukić.[2] Milan Petronijević and Jelisaveta Petronijević (1837-1915) had a son, Miloš and two daughters.
Awards
Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd degree[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Листа попечитеља и министара иностраних послова од образовања прве владе 1811. године до данашњег дана". www.mfa.gov.rs. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ^ Позната као београдска лепотица. Вид. Милан Јовановић Стојимировић, Силуете старог Београда, Београд 2008, pp. 635.
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Preceded by Milenko Vesnić | Minister of Justice 1907-1908 | Succeeded by Milovan Milovanović |
Preceded by Dragoljub Aranđelović | Minister of Justice 1912 | Succeeded by Marko Đuričić |
Preceded by Milovan Milovanović | Prime Minister of Serbia 1912 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Milovan Milovanović | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1912 | Succeeded by |
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- Dimitrije Davidović
- Avram Petronijević
- Paun Janković
- Đorđe Protić
- Avram Petronijević
- Aleksa Janković
- Aleksa Simić
- Avram Petronijević
- Aleksa Janković
- Ilija Garašanin
- Aleksa Simić
- Aleksa Janković
- Stefan Marković
- Aleksa Simić
- Stefan Marković
- Stevan Magazinović
- Cvetko Rajović
- Filip Hristić
- Ilija Garašanin
- Jovan Ristić
- Milan Petronijević
- Radivoje Milojković
- Dimitrije Matić
- Jovan Ristić
- Jovan Marinović
- Milan Piroćanac
- Milan Bogićević
- Jovan Ristić
- Đorđe M. Pavlović
- Jovan Ristić
- Čedomilj Mijatović
- Milan Piroćanac
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- Milan Piroćanac
- Milan Bogićević
- Milutin Garašanin
- Dragutin Franasović
- Jovan Ristić
- Dragutin Franasović
- Čedomilj Mijatović
- Sava Grujić
- Mihailo Kr. Đorđević
- Nikola Pašić
- Jovan Avakumović
- Andra Nikolić
- Sava Grujić
- Đorđe Simić
- Sima Lozanić
- Milan Bogićević
- Stojan Novaković
- Đorđe Simić
- Vladan Đorđević
- Aleksa Jovanović
- Mihailo Vujić
- Vasilije Antonić
- Sima Lozanić
- Pavle Denić
- Ljubomir Kaljević
- Andra Nikolić
- Nikola Pašić
- Jovan Žujović
- Vasilije Antonić
- Nikola Pašić
- Milovan Milovanović
- Marko Trifković
- Jovan Jovanović Pižon
- Nikola Pašić
- Mihailo Gavrilović
- Stojan Protić
- Nikola Hristić
- Kosta Protić
- Sava Grujić
- Jovan Avakumović
- Lazar Dokić
- Sava Grujić
- Đorđe Simić
- Svetomir Nikolajević
- Nikola Hristić
- Stojan Novaković
- Vladan Đorđević
- Aleksa Jovanović
- Mihailo V. Vujić
- Petar Velimirović
- Dimitrije Cincar-Marković
- Jovan Avakumović
- Sava Grujić
- Nikola Pašić
- Ljubomir Stojanović
- Sava Grujić
- Nikola Pašić
- Petar Velimirović
- Stojan Novaković
- Nikola Pašić
- Milovan Milovanović
- Marko Trifković
- Nikola Pašić
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- Branko Mikašinović
- Vladislav Jovanović
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