Mladen Milovanović

Mladen Milovanović (c. 1760 in Botunje near Kragujevac – 1823 in Zlatibor) was a Serbian merchant and a voivode in the First Serbian Uprising who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia and as a first Minister of Defence.

Mladen Milovanović
2nd and 5th Prime Minister of Serbia
In office
1813–1814
MonarchKarađorđe
Preceded byKarađorđe
Succeeded byPetar Nikolajević (in 1815)
In office
1807–1810
MonarchKarađorđe
Preceded byMateja Nenadović
Succeeded byJakov Nenadović
Minister of Defence
In office
1811–1813
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byToma Vučić Perišić
Personal details
Bornc. 1760
Botunje, Ottoman Empire
Died1823
Zlatibor, Principality of Serbia
NationalitySerbian

Biography

Born to Drobnjak clan ancestry, he became a wealthy merchant prior to the first uprising in goods trading. He had a strong influence on Karadjordje.[1] After the defeat of Serbia, he went abroad, and in 1814 arrived in Khotyn, then part of the Imperial Russia, where he remained until 1821. Milovanović was one of the wealthiest people in Serbia of his time, which was a matter of controversy.[2][3]

He was killed in 1823 while crossing over the Zlatibor and on the road to Montenegro, by order of Prince Miloš Obrenović.[4] In April 1823, Prince Miloš gave the order in Kragujevac to Serdar of Zlatibor Jovan Micić to escort Milovanović to Lim, and further transfer him to Montenegro. Micić's associates Leko and Simo Kovač killed him in the Očka mountain on Zlatibor during an alleged escape attempt by Milovanović.

His only daughter Jovanka Milovanović was married to politician Voivode Jakov Nenadović (1793-1867).[5]

See also

References
  1. "Srbi pod Karađorđevim tajkunima: Turci, vratite se". Biznis i Finansije. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Aleksić, Jovana. "Ada Ciganlija je nekada bila u PRIVATNOM VLASNIŠTVU, a gazda je bio NAJBOGATIJI SRBIN". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  3. Ćorović, Vladimir (1986). Istorija srpskog naroda (in Serbian). eBook Portal.
  4. "Dva veka srpskih tajkuna (2): Vojvoda Mladen naplatio ustanak". Vesti.rs. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  5. Vukovic, Sanja (2018-10-06). "GAZDA MLADEN – PRVI SRPSKI GOLEMAŠ". Fondacija Srpski legat (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-04-14.
Government offices
Preceded by
Mateja Nenadović		 Prime Minister of Serbia
1807–1810		 Succeeded by
Jakov Nenadović
Preceded by
Karađorđe Petrović		 Prime Minister of Serbia
1813–1814		 Succeeded by
Petar Nikolajević Moler
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