Milutin Garašanin | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 March 1898 | (aged 55)
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]