Avram Petronijević

Avram Petronijević (13 September 1791 – 22 April 1852) was a Serbian politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Serbia on several terms and holding the longest term by one Prime Minister in the political history of Serbia.[1]

Avram Petronijević Аврам Петронијевић
Representative of the Prince of Serbia
In office 26 February 1839 – 7 April 1840
Monarch	Miloš I, Michael I
Preceded by	Koca Marković
Succeeded by	Paun Janković
Representative of the Prince of Serbia
In office 7 September 1842 – 6 October 1843
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	Đorđe Protić
Succeeded by	Aleksa Simić
Representative of the Prince of Serbia
In office 11 October 1844 – 22 April 1852
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	Aleksa Simić
Succeeded by	Ilija Garašanin
Personal details
Born	13 September 1791 Tekija, Ottoman Empire
Died	22 April 1852 (aged 60) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Political party	None

Biography

Petronijević was born in Tekija, and was educated in a school in the neighboring Orşova (Romania). In 1817 he returned to Serbia to pursue a political career and soon became the personal secretary of Prince Miloš Obrenović. He was a member of the Serbian deputation in Constantinople from 1821 until 1826, and later several times a Serbian deputy (ćehaja) at the Turkish government (Sublime Porte). Later, with Toma Vučić-Perišić, Dimitrije Davidović, Aleksa Simić, Stojan Simić, Milutin Savić, Ilija Garašanin, Petronijević stood at the head of Ustavobranioci (Defenders of the Constitution)[2] against the Prince Prince Miloš Obrenović. During the reign of Prince Alexander Karađorđevic, starting from 1844 until his death he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Representative of the Prince (Prime Minister). He died in Tsargrad on 22 April 1852 (Julian Calendar)[3] and was buried in the church of St. Petka on the Bosporus, next to Samuilo Jakovljević, a colleague from the Serbian deputation in Constantinople from 1821 until 1826, though Jakovljević died in 1824.

References

1. "Vreme - U susret 163. vladi: Sovjet, razmotrilište, centralno pravlenije, izvršno veće, vlada". www.vreme.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
2. Roudometof, Victor (2001). Nationalism, Globalization, and Orthodoxy: The Social Origins of Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313319495.
3. Antić, Čedomir (2007). Неутралност Као Независност: Велика Британија, Србија И Кримски Рат. Institute for Balkan Studies. ISBN 9788671790390.

External links

• Biography of Avram Petronijević
• Avram Petronijević
• „Radovan Kalabić: Avram Petronijević (1791-1852)“