Matija Nenadović | |
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Матија Ненадовић | |
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| Prime Minister of Serbia | |
| In office 27 August 1805 – April 1807 | |
| Monarch | Karađorđe |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mladen Milovanović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1777-02-26)26 February 1777 |
| Died | 11 December 1854(1854-12-11) (aged 77) |
| Party | Independent |
| Awards | Order of Glory |
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Matija Nenadović (Serbian Cyrillic:Матија Ненадовић; 26 February 1777 – 11 December 1854), also known asProta Mateja, was a Serbian archpriest, writer, and politician who served as the firstprime minister of Serbia from 1805 to 1807. He was a notable leader in theFirst Serbian Uprising.
At the age of sixteen he was ordained priest, and a few years later was promoted to an archpriest (Serbian:Протојереј), colloquiallyprota (Serbian:прота) ofValjevo. His father,Aleksa Nenadović,Knez (chief magistrate) of the district of Valjevo, was one of the most popular and respected public men among the Serbs at the beginning of the 19th century.[1] When the four leaders of theJanissaries of theSanjak of Smederevo (the so-calledDahias) thought that the only way to prevent a general rising of the Serbs was to intimidate them bymurdering all their principal men, Aleksa Nenadović (1749–1804) was one of the first victims.[1] The policy of the Dahias, instead of preventing, did actually and immediately provoke a general insurrection of the Serbs against theTurks.[1]
Prota Mateja became the deputy-commander of the insurgents of the Valjevo district (1804), but did not hold the post for long, asKarađorđe sent him in 1805 on a secret mission toSt. Petersburg, and afterwards employed him almost constantly as Serbia's diplomatic envoy to Russia, Austria,Bucharest andConstantinople.[1] After the fall of Karadjordje (1813), the new leader of the Serbs,Miloš Obrenović, sent Prota Mateja as representative of Serbia to theCongress of Vienna (1814–1815), where he pleaded the Serbian cause indefatigably. During that mission he often sawLord Castlereagh, and for the first time the Serbian national interests were brought to the knowledge of British statesmen.[1]
He had a brother,Sima, avoivode. His paternal uncle,Jakov Nenadović, had an equally important role in Serbia, as the first Interior Minister. Matija Nenadović had a son,Ljubomir Nenadović.
Nenadović was aFreemason.[2][failed verification]
Prota Mateja's memoirs (Memoari Prote Mateje Nenadovića) are the most valuable authority for the history of the first andSecond Serbian uprising against the Turks.[1] He also authored other memoirs and documentary literature.
He is included in the bookThe 100 most prominent Serbs.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nenadovich, Mateya".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 371.| Political offices | ||
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| New title Serbian revolution | Prime Minister of Serbia 27 Aug 1805 – Jan 1807 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | knez ofTamnava 1805– | Succeeded by |
 Revolutionary Serbia(1804–1813) | |
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 Principality of Serbia(1815–1882) |
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 Kingdom of Serbia(1882–1918) | |
 PR Serbia/SR Serbia(constituent republic ofFPR Yugoslavia/SFR Yugoslavia) (1945–1992) | |
 Republic of Serbia(constituent republic ofFR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro) (1992–2006) | |
 Republic of Serbia(since 2006) | |
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