Aleksa Simić

Aleksa Simić (Boljevci, March 18, 1800 – Belgrade, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who thrice served as Prime Minister of the Principality of Serbia and held a number of other ministerial posts from the 1830s through the 1850s.^[1]

Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић
Representative of the Prince of Serbia
In office 28 September 1856 – 1 July 1857
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	Stefan Marković
Succeeded by	Stefan Marković
In office 26 March 1853 – 28 December 1855
Preceded by	Ilija Garašanin
Succeeded by	Aleksa Janković
In office 6 October 1843 – 11 October 1844
Preceded by	Avram Petronijević
Succeeded by	Avram Petronijević
Personal details
Born	8 March 1800 Boljevci, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire
Died	17 March 1872 (1872-03-18) (aged 72) Belgrade, Principality of Serbia

Biography

Simić was a part of the Ustavobranioci group, known as the Defenders of the Constitution.^[2]

Aleksa first came to the Principality of Serbia from Srem, then a Habsburg-occupied territory, in 1819. He was hired as a clerk in the office of Prince Miloš Obrenović. In 1835, Simić becomes the Minister of Finance, and in 1842 he served as Prince Miloš's diplomatic envoy in negotiations with the Ottomans at Constantinople. In 1843 he becomes the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Serbia.

His older brother, Stojan Simić, was also a politician and a businessman. Both brothers owed to Miloš Obrenović their rise from humble beginnings to great wealth and power. His nephew was Đorđe Simić, who held the post of Prime Minister of Serbia.

See also

• List of prime ministers of Serbia
• Avram Petronijević
• Toma Vučić-Perišić
• Dimitrije Davidović
• Ilija Garašanin

External links

• Biography of Aleksa Simić Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Aleksa Simić, biography.