Historic thought of Milovan Milovanović

• Main Author: Nadoveza Branko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić 2011-01-01
• Series: Baština
• Subjects: milovan milovanović; historic thought; balkan's federation; eastern question; serbia; bulgaria
• Online Access: https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0353-9008/2011/0353-90081131149N.pdf

Milovan Milovanović (1863-1912) was born and died in Belgrade. As per his education he was a lawyer, and as per his profession he was statesman and politician. He studied the Faculty of Law in Belgrade and Paris. He was one of the leaders of the People's Radical Party, belonged to the moderate party's wing which was ready for co-operation and compromise with governing structures in order to achieve the main goal - parliamentary democracy. He was also the professor of International and Constitutional Law at the Great School, and from 1888 at the Faculty of Law; He was one of the participants in the Constitutions of 1888 and 1901 making, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1890-1892; 1893-1894; Minister of Justice 1896-1897; Minister of People's Economy 1901-1902; Minister of Finance 1902; Ambassador in Bucharest 1900-1901, and in Rome 1902-1907; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1908-1911; President of Serbian government 1911-1912. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the time of Annexation crisis, where he was pleading for Serbian national interests, but he was also against the war with Austria-Hungary. He was a great supporter of Balkan's federation, and especially military and political agreement with Bulgaria, what resulted in Balkan's federation in 1912, what gave him a great popularity in the Radical party and Serbian society. He was the initiator of the radical magazine 'Delo' ('Deed') in 1894, in which he published a lot of scientific and publishing papers. The following works are especially important: 'Serbs and Croats', 'Serbs and Bulgarians', 'Constitutional Law and Principles of Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Serbia'.