Sava Grujić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sava Grujić

Serbian general, politician, military strategist and Prime Minister

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1840

Place of Birth: Kolari, Serbia

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1913

Profession: military personnel, politician, diplomat, historian

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Sava Grujić

  • General Sava Grujic (Serbian Cyrillic: ???? ??????, pronounced [sâv? grooit??]; Russian: ????? ?????????? ???´??); (25 November 1840 – 3 November 1913) was a Serbian politician, statesman, army officer and author, serving five times as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia under two different monarchs from 1887 to 1906. As an officer Grujic participated in both Serbian-Ottoman Wars (1876–77; 1877–78) which lead to Serbia's full independence from the Ottoman Empire; a military strategist he drafted the war plan before becoming Minister of War carrying out reforms of the military strengthening Serbia's national army before her victory against the Turks. Brave and resourceful on the battlefield, he was also a gifted diplomat, advocating the interests of his country in the courtyards of Europe, Russia, and Turkey.
  • During his diplomatic career he was Serbia's representative to the Russian Empire, Serbian Deputy in Constantinople, Serbia's representative to the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Serbian Deputy in Athens before serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs. During the conflict between Russia, Turkey, and Austria, Grujic was sent as a special envoy to Constantinople to negotiate with the Turks on behalf of the Russian Empire. A skilled politician, Grujic was one of the leaders of the People's Radical Party serving as Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs several times between 1876 and 1910 in the Governments of both Karadordevic and Obrenovic.
  • As Chairman of the first radical Council of Ministers, he oversaw the introduction of a new constitution, redefining a more democratic and liberal Serbian society.Dedicated to the cause of Peace and improving international relations, He headed the Serbian delegation at the Second Peace Conference which led to the signing of the Hague Convention 1907.
  • He was an honorary member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; as a writer, he authored many works, about diplomacy military organisation and war, some of them still in use today.
  • Sava Grujic was considered one of the builders of Yugoslavia and played an instrumental role in its creation.
  • He was an able negotiator and diplomat and with some of his contemporaries put together ideas for the formation of a south Slav state working together with prominent liberals of his day.

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