Aleksa Simić (Boljevci, March 18, 1800 – Belgrade, March 17, 1872) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who thrice served as Prime Minister of the Principality of Serbia and held a number of other ministerial posts from the 1830s through the 1850s.

Biography

Simić was a part of the Ustavobranioci group, known as the Defenders of the Constitution.

Aleksa first came to the Principality of Serbia from Srem, then a Habsburg-occupied territory, in 1819. He was hired as a clerk in the office of Prince Miloš Obrenović. In 1835, Simić becomes the Minister of Finance, and in 1842 he served as Prince Miloš's diplomatic envoy in negotiations with the Ottomans at Constantinople. In 1843 he becomes the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Serbia.

His older brother, Stojan Simić, was also a politician and a businessman. Both brothers owed to Miloš Obrenović their rise from humble beginnings to great wealth and power. His nephew was Đorđe Simić, who held the post of Prime Minister of Serbia.

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Preceded byKoca MarkovićMinister of Finance of Serbia 1835–1840Succeeded byCvetko Rajović
Preceded byTenka StefanovićPrime Minister of Serbia 1839–1840Succeeded byPaun Janković
Preceded byĐorđe ProtićPrime Minister of Serbia 1842–1843Succeeded byAleksa Simić
Preceded byStevan MarkovićPrime Minister of Serbia 1856–1857Succeeded byStevan Marković
Preceded byAleksa JankovićMinister of Foreign Affairs 1843–1844Succeeded byAvram Petronijević
Preceded byLazar ArsenijevićMinister of Education of Serbia 1849–1852Succeeded byLazar Arsenijević
Preceded byLazar ArsenijevićMinister of Justice of Serbia 1849–1852Succeeded byLazar Arsenijević
Preceded byAleksandar NenadovićMinister of Internal Affairs 1858–1859Succeeded byAleksandar Nenadović
Preceded byIlija GarašaninMinister of Foreign Affairs 1853–1855Succeeded byAleksa Janković
Preceded byStevan MarkovićMinister of Foreign Affairs 1856–1857Succeeded byStevan Marković