Ilija Garašanin

Tags: President.

Ilija Garašanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Гарашанин; 28 January 1812 – 22 June 1874) was a Serbian politician and statesman serving as Interior Minister and Prime Minister (1861–1867).He is remembered for being the first Serbian politician that had a genuine political programme[citation needed] working to replace the Russian protectorate over Serbia with the joint service to all European great powers.

thumbnail

active years end date

1853-03-26, 1867-11-15

active years start date

1852-04-22, 1861-10-21

birth date

1812-01-28

birth place

Ottoman Empire, Garaši

death date

1874-06-22

death place

Grocka, Principality of Serbia

monarch

Alexander Karađorđević Prince of Serbia, Mihailo Obrenović III Prince of Serbia

nationality

Serbs

order in office

Representative of the Prince of Serbia, President of the Ministry of Serbia

successor

Jovan Ristić, Aleksa Simić