Ilija Garašanin held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Ilija Garašanin as Serbian politician (1812-1874).
Ilija Garašanin was born at Garaši in 1812. His recorded nationality is Principality of Serbia.
The nineteenth century produced mass politics - parties, newspapers, franchises that widened by inches - and empire on a scale never seen before.
The record of office reads: Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia.
He is described as politician and statesperson.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in Principality of Serbia is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Ilija Garašanin died in 1874, aged 62. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia
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