Milutin Garašanin

Milutin Garašanin
Born	(1843-02-22)22 February 1843 Belgrade, Serbia
Died	5 March 1898(1898-03-05) (aged 55) Paris, France
Nationality	Serbian
Occupation(s)	politician, officer, ambassador, author

Milutin Garašanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Гарашанин; 22 February 1843 – 5 March 1898) was a Serbian politician who held the post of Prime Minister of Serbia,^[1] President of the National Assembly, Minister of Finance, Internal affairs, Ambassador to France and Ambassador to Austria.

He was born to influential politician Ilija Garašanin^[2] and went on to finish a prestigious French military school in Metz. Garašanin returned to Serbia and started a business in flour production located on the family estate in Grocka. When Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878) started, Milutin Garašanin took part in the war serving as artillery captain. He was promoted colonel after the war and went to pursue a successful political career, founding the Serbian progressive party^[3] and holding a number of important posts.^[4][5]

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts elected Garašanin a full member.^[6] Garašanin was considered to be one of the best orators of the Kingdom of Serbia.^[7] He was awarded the Order of Prince Danilo I.^[8]

Selected works

• Dokolice^[9][10]
• Dva namesništva^[11]

References

1. "BILO JE 28 SRPSKIH PREMIJERA MLAĐIH OD VUČIĆA: Da li predsednik Srbije BAŠ TOLIKO SLABO ZNA SRPSKU ISTORIJU?". espreso.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
2. Hajdarpasic, Edin (2015-11-18). Whose Bosnia?: Nationalism and Political Imagination in the Balkans, 1840–1914. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501701108.
3. Protić, Milan St (2015-01-01). Between Democracy and Populism: Political Ideas of the Peopleʹs Radical Party in Serbia:(The Formative Period: 1860ʹs to 1903). Balkanološki institut SANU. ISBN 9788671790949.
4. "Da li znate ko je Milutin Garašanin? – Portalibris" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
5. "Porodica Garašanin: Stvarali pet Srbija". www.novosti.rs (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
6. "Члан САНУ". archive.fo. 2012-12-21. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
7. "Milutin Garašanin – Portalibris" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
8. Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 85.
9. "Dokolice – Milutin Garašanin – Portalibris" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
10. Garašanin, Milutin (1939). Dokolice (in Serbian). Srpska književna zadruga.
11. "DVA NAMESNIŠTVA - Milutin Garašanin". www.delfi.rs. Retrieved 2019-09-10.

Government offices
Preceded by Radivoje Milojković	Minister of Internal Affairs 1880–1883	Succeeded by Nikola Hristić
Preceded by Đorđe M. Pavlović	Minister of Finance of Serbia 1884–1885	Succeeded by Vukašin J. Petrović
Preceded by Nikola Hristić	Prime Minister of Serbia 1884–1887	Succeeded by Jovan Ristić
Preceded by Milan Bogićević	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1884–1886	Succeeded by Dragutin Franasović