Vladimir Jovanović (statesman)
Vladimir Jovanović ( Serbian - Cyrillic Владимир Јовановић ; born September 28, 1833 in Šabac ; † March 3, 1922 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian statesman and writer .
Jovanović studied in Vienna and Berlin, and in 1856 became professor of economics at the agricultural academy in Topčider . In 1858 he played a decisive role in the expulsion of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević , was appointed secretary in the Ministry of Finance and editor of the Official Journal by Miloš Obrenović , but was soon dismissed due to his radical tendencies and then lived in Belgium, England, Italy and Switzerland, where he published the Serbian-French newspaper Sloboda - La Liberté in Geneva from 1864 to 1866 .
After being a professor at the Belgrade University for a short time, he joined the Omladina and became a co-editor of the Zastava . He was charged with participating in the murder of Prince Mihailo Obrenović , but acquitted, went abroad again and did not return to Serbia until 1872, where he now entered the civil service and became a member of the Skupština , the Serbian state parliament.
At the outbreak of the Serbian-Ottoman War, he was appointed Minister of Finance in 1876, brought about the loan necessary for the conduct of the war and introduced the minting of Serbian gold coins according to the monetary standard of the Latin Monetary Union . After he was dismissed at the end of 1879, he became President of the Court of Auditors, then Finance Minister again in June 1880, but resigned in October 1880 with the Jovan Ristić cabinet .
In addition to economic and political writings in the Serbian language (including translations of the works of St. Mills and Roscher ), Jovanović wrote Les Serbes et le mission de la Serbie dans l'Europe d'orient (Paris 1870), The emancipation and unity of the Serbian nation ( Geneva 1873) et al
His son Slobodan Jovanović (1869-1958) was a well-known lawyer, historian and politician.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jovanović, Vladimir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Statesman and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sabac |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1922 |
| Place of death | Belgrade |