Jovan Marinović

Jovan Marinović
Јован Мариновић
24th Prime Minister of Serbia
In office
3 November 1873 – 7 December 1874
MonarchMilan I
Preceded byJovan Ristić
Succeeded byAćim Čumić
Minister of Finance
In office
1856–1858
Preceded byAleksandar Nenadović
Succeeded byJovan Veljković
Personal details
Born1821
Died(1893-08-20)August 20, 1893
PartySerbian Progressive Party
OccupationPolitician, diplomat
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Jovan Marinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Мариновић; 1821 – August 30, 1893) was a Serbian politician and diplomat. He introduced several enlightened reforms in Serbian political system. As a close collaborator of Minister Ilija Garašanin, Marinović became the leader of the Serbian Conservatives, eventually becoming Prime Minister of the Principality of Serbia. Educated in Paris, Marinović believed in European culture and reforms as a way of enlightening the Serbian peasant society. Being a member of one of the first generatiosn of Serbian Western-educated intellectuals, Marinović occupied several posts in the state administration. He was highly regarded as a diplomat.