Aleksa Simić Алекса Симић | |
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| 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 |
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| Born | 8 March 1800 |
| Died | 17 March 1872(1872-03-17) (aged 72) |
Aleksa Simić (Boljevci, March 18, 1800 –Belgrade, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who thrice served asPrime Minister of thePrincipality of Serbia and held a number of other ministerial posts from the 1830s through the 1850s.[1]
Simić was a part of theUstavobranioci group, known as the Defenders of the Constitution.[2]
Aleksa first came to thePrincipality of Serbia fromSrem, then aHabsburg-occupied territory, in 1819. He was hired as a clerk in the office ofPrince 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 toMiloš Obrenović their rise from humble beginnings to great wealth and power. His nephew wasĐorđe Simić, who held the post of Prime Minister of Serbia.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance of Serbia 1835–1840 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Serbia 1839–1840 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Serbia 1842–1843 | Succeeded by Aleksa Simić |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Serbia 1856–1857 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1843–1844 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Education of Serbia 1849–1852 | Succeeded by Lazar Arsenijević |
| Preceded by Lazar Arsenijević | Minister of Justice of Serbia 1849–1852 | Succeeded by Lazar Arsenijević |
| Preceded by | Minister of Internal Affairs 1858–1859 | Succeeded by Aleksandar Nenadović |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1853–1855 | Succeeded by Aleksa Janković |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1856–1857 | 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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