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 | |
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| Representative of the Prince of Serbia | |
| In office 26 February 1839 – 7 April 1840 | |
| Monarchs | 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
editPetronijević 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 Ustavobranitelji (Defenders of the Constitution[2] against the Prince Prince Miloš Obrenović. During the reign of Prince Alexander Karađorđević, 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.
Avram Petronijević founded the first glass factory in Serbia in 1846. It was located between villages Mišević and Belica, near the town of Jagodina. It worked well in the beginning, but ultimately wasn't competitive with glass products from Austria, and didn't last for long after Petronijević's death.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Vreme - U susret 163. vladi: Sovjet, razmotrilište, centralno pravlenije, izvršno veće, vlada". www.vreme.com. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ Roudometof, Victor (2001). Nationalism, Globalization, and Orthodoxy: The Social Origins of Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313319495.
- ^ Antić, Čedomir (2007). Неутралност Као Независност: Велика Британија, Србија И Кримски Рат. Institute for Balkan Studies. ISBN 9788671790390.
- ^ "Avramovac – the first Serbian glass factory". Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ Srbija, Forbes (2024-05-02). "Kako je slavno počela i neslavno završila prva prava fabrika u Srbiji". Forbes Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-07.
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