Milovan Milovanović
| Milovan Milovanović Милован Миловановић |
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| Prime Minister of Serbia | |
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In office 1911–1912 |
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| Monarch | Peter I |
| Preceded by | Nikola Pašić |
| Succeeded by | Marko Trifković |
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17 February 1863 Belgrade, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | June 18, 1912 (aged 49) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Political party | People's Radical Party |
| Occupation | lawyer, politician and diplomat |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Dr. Milovan Đ. Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Ђ. Миловановић), (February 17, 1863 – June 18, 1912) was a Serbian politician, diplomat, writer, and constitutional lawyer.
Milovan Đ. Milovanović was born in Belgrade on February 17, 1863, as the second son of Đorđe Milovanović, a renowned judge, former Minister of Justice and member of the State Council (Državni savet). Milovanović finished high school in Belgrade and went to Paris Law School in 1881, on a state scholarship approved in 1882 by the Minister of Education Stojan Novaković. Milovanović graduated from Paris Law School in 1884 and received a doctorate from the same university in 1888, with the thesis Les Traités de garantie au XIXe siècle. His thesis was awarded the golden medal the same year.
In February 1888, Dr. Milovanović became a professor at the University of Belgrade's Law School, which was called the Belgrade Higher School at that time, where he taught state law. Although young, he was nominated by King Milan Obrenović in 1888 as the secretary of Serbia's Constitutional Committee, and travelled to Denmark, Belgium and France to study their constitutional experience. Milovanović became the Committee's most active member and became renowned for drafting the most liberal of all of Serbia’s constitutions, that of December 1888 (January 1889, new style), as well various other laws related to the new constitution.
Milovanović wrote numerous articles on foreign policy and the national question in various Radical dailies and journals, like Echo (Odjek) and Self-Government (Samouprava), including the influential fortnightly review Work (Delo), that he founded with other radical intellectuals in 1892. Milovanović argued for closer collaboration with Croats and Bulgarians with the slogan “Balkans to the Balkan nations“, and was an ardent supporter of a Franco-Russian alliance. His genuine idea was to achieve a rapprochement between the Balkan nations followed hopefully by an alliance (between Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, and Bulgaria), that would be linked to the Entente powers and stand firmly against the German policy of Drang nach Osten pursued by Austria-Hungary and Germany. Moderate on national standpoints, Milovanović was often accused of accepting compromises, criticized for lack of national fervour towards achieving the sacred goal of Serbian unification.
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