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
Monarch	Karađorđe
Preceded by	Karađorđe
Succeeded by	Petar Nikolajević (in 1815)
In office 1807–1810
Monarch	Karađorđe
Preceded by	Mateja Nenadović
Succeeded by	Jakov Nenadović
Minister of Defence
In office 1811–1813
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Toma Vučić Perišić
Personal details
Born	c. 1760 Botunje, Ottoman Empire
Died	1823 Zlatibor, Principality of Serbia
Nationality	Serbian

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

• List of Prime Ministers of Serbia

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.