Ljubomir Kaljević (1841,Užice – March 20,1907,Belgrade) was a Serbian politician and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia.
Kaljevićcompleted Gymnasium in Belgrade and studied the state sciences in Heidelberg and Paris. [1] Upon his return to Serbia he published from 1867 to 1870 newspaper Serbia, [2] the only opposition newspaper to Prince Mihailo Obrenović around which gathered all the liberal intelligentsia. Kaljevićwas first elected as a member of parliament in 1871. He began to publish political newspaper Future in 1873. [2] He was Minister of Finance from 25 November 1874 to 20 January 1875. [2]
Kaljevićwas Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 26 September 1875 to 24 April 1876. [2] The government,composed of young liberals and conservatives,prepared the Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876-1878),and issued liberal laws about press and municipalities.
Later he was head of the Ministry of Finance,was one of the founders of the Serbian Progressive Party in 1881,Ambassador in Bucharest from 1881 to 1886,and in Athens from 1886 to 1889,state advisor from 1895 to 1907,Vice President of the Senate in 1901. [2]
As a supporter of the House of Karađorđević,Kaljevićbecame Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet formed after the coup d'etat on 11 June 1903 and the assassination of King Aleksandar Obrenović. He remained in office until 21 September 1903. [2]
Kaljevićwrote the book Moje uspomene (My own memories) (1908). [3] [4]
Milan Obrenović reigned as the prince of Serbia from 1868 to 1882 and subsequently as king from 1882 to 1889. Milan I unexpectedly abdicated in favor of his son,Alexander I of Serbia,in 1889.
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