Jovan Marinović | |
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Prime Minister of Serbia | |
In office 1873–1874 |
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Preceded by | Jovan Ristić |
Succeeded by | Aćim Čumić |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1856–1858 |
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Preceded by | Aleksandar Nenadović |
Succeeded by | Jovan Veljković |
Personal details | |
Born | 1821 Sarajevo, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | August 20, 1893 Villers-sur-Mer, French Third Republic |
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | politician and diplomat |
Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Jovan Marinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Мариновић; 1821 – August 30, 1893) was a Serbian politician and diplomat, that introduced several enlightened reforms in Serbian political system. As a close collaborator of powerful Minister Ilija Garašanin, young Jovan Marinović climbed rapidly and become the leader of the Serbian Conservatives, eventually becoming Prime Minister of the Principality of Serbia. Educated in Paris, Marinović was a sophisticated gentleman, who believed in European culture and reforms as a way of enlightening the Serbian peasant society.
Being a member of the first generation of Serbian Western-educated intellectuals, Jovan Marinović occupied several high-ranking posts in the state administration throughout his career.
Born to a Serb family in Sarajevo, at the time part of the Bosnia Eyalet in the Ottoman Empire, Marinović moved to neighbouring Principality of Serbia as a child. Being a semi-independent state entity, the Serbian principality was in the process of ridding itself of the Ottoman influence.
He finished secondary school in Kragujevac in 1837 and got employed in Chancery of the Prince (Knjaževa kancelarija) under Prince Miloš Obrenović I. Marinović studied in Paris from 1841 until 1842, returning to Serbia to work as secretary in the State Council. In 1843, he returned to the Prince's chancery in the head capacity, this time under Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević as Karađorđevićs in the meantime retook the power in Serbia from Obrenovićs.
Marinović went back to Paris in 1847, formally in order to finish his studies. However, in practice, he became the unofficial Serbian representative in the Kingdom of France, commonly known as the July Monarchy, a state ruled by King Louis Philippe I.