Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац | |
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| President of the Ministry of Serbia | |
| In office 22 August 1872 – 5 April 1873 | |
| Monarch | Milan I |
| Preceded by | Radivoje Milojković |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Ristić |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 10 August 1872 – 23 March 1873 | |
| Prime Minister | Radivoje Milojković Himself |
| Preceded by | Jovan Belimarković |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Belimarković |
| In office 2 April 1865 – 21 June 1868 | |
| Prime Minister | Ilija Garašanin Jovan Ristić Nikola Hristić |
| Preceded by | Hippolyte Mondain |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Belimarković |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1824 Blaznava, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | 5 April 1873 (aged 48) Belgrade, Principality of Serbia |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
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Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac (Serbian Cyrillic: Миливоје Петровић Блазнавац; 16 May 1824 – 5 April 1873) was Serbian general and politician who served as regent from 1868 to 1872, as well as head of government from 1872 to 1873.[1]
Initially a police officer under the leadership of local governor Jovan Obrenović, he began his political career in 1842 during the rebellion led by Toma Vučić Perišić. Between 1842 and 1855, Blaznavac served as a confidant of Stevan Knićanin in multiple capacities, during which time he climbed the ranks of the army. He would continue his ascent with the help of Ilija Garašanin after Knićanin's death in 1855.[1]
Having played a key role in proclaiming the underage Prince Milan Obrenović prince after the assassination of Prince Mihailo in 1868, Blaznavac became part of the prince's three-man regency.[1] His heavy-handed approach to politics led to Blaznavac being outmaneuvered by another member of the regency, the moderate liberal Jovan Ristić, and his staunchly pro-Austrian foreign policy was somewhat curbed as a result.[2]
After Prince Milan came of age in August 1872, Blaznavac shortly served as head of government before his sudden death in April 1873.[2]
- ^ a b c Jovanović, Slobodan (1934). Vlada Milana Obrenovića. Knj. 1 (in Serbian). Belgrade: Izdavačko i knjižarsko preduzeće Geca Kon. pp. 1–21. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ a b Stokes, Gale (1990). Politics as Development: The Emergence of Political Parties in Nineteenth-Century Serbia. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 9–19. ISBN 0-8223-1016-3. Retrieved 8 January 2023.