Mladen Milovanović

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mladen Milovanović

| image = Mladen Milovanović.jpg

| office = Prime Minister of Serbia

| term_start1 = April 1807

| term_end1 = 31 December 1810

| monarch1 = Karađorđe

| predecessor1 = Mateja Nenadović

| successor1 = Jakov Nenadović

| office2 = Minister of Defence

| term_start2 = 1811

| term_end2 = 1813

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = Toma Vučić Perišić

| party = Independent

| birth_date = {{circa|1760}}

| birth_place = Botunje, Ottoman Empire

| death_date = 1823

| death_place = Zlatibor, Principality of Serbia|

| native_name = Младен Миловановић

| native_name_lang = sr

}}

Mladen Milovanović ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Младен Миловановић}}; {{Circa|1760}} – 1823) was a Serbian merchant and politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 1807 to 1810. A notable voivode during the First Serbian Uprising, he briefly served as a representative in the cabinet of Matija Nenadović and was the first minister of defence from 1811 to 1813.

Biography

Born to Drobnjak clan ancestry, he became a wealthy merchant prior to the first uprising in goods trading. He had a strong influence on Karadjordje.{{Cite web|url=http://bif.rs/2015/05/srbi-pod-karadordevim-tajkunima-turci-vratite-se/|title=Srbi pod Karađorđevim tajkunima: Turci, vratite se|date=2015-05-15|website=Biznis i Finansije|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-04}} After the defeat of Serbia, he went abroad, and in 1814 arrived in Khotyn, then part of the Imperial Russia, where he remained until 1821. Milovanović was one of the wealthiest people in Serbia of his time, which was a matter of controversy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blic.rs/riznica/ada-ciganlija-je-nekada-bila-u-privatnom-vlasnistvu-a-gazda-je-bio-najbogatiji-srbin/fd3fc0d|title=Ada Ciganlija je nekada bila u PRIVATNOM VLASNIŠTVU, a gazda je bio NAJBOGATIJI SRBIN|last=Aleksić|first=Jovana|website=Blic.rs|language=sr|access-date=2019-07-04}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyyXAgAAQBAJ&q=mladen+milovanovic+bogati+trgovac&pg=PT633|title=Istorija srpskog naroda|last=Ćorović|first=Vladimir|date=1986|publisher=eBook Portal|language=sr}}

He was killed in 1823 while crossing over the Zlatibor and on the road to Montenegro, by order of Prince Miloš Obrenović.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vesti.rs/Vesti/Dva-veka-srpskih-tajkuna-2-Vojvoda-Mladen-naplatio-ustanak.html|title=Dva veka srpskih tajkuna (2): Vojvoda Mladen naplatio ustanak|website=Vesti.rs|access-date=2019-07-04}} In April 1823, Prince Miloš gave the order in Kragujevac to Serdar of Zlatibor Jovan Micić to escort Milovanović to Lim, and further transfer him to Montenegro. Micić's associates Leko and Simo Kovač killed him in the Očka mountain on Zlatibor during an alleged escape attempt by Milovanović.

Descendants

His only daughter Jovanka Milovanović was married to a prominent Serbian politician, Voivode Jevrem Nenadović (1793-1867).{{Cite web|url=http://www.srpskilegat.rs/gazda-mladen-prvi-srpski-golemas/|title=GAZDA MLADEN – PRVI SRPSKI GOLEMAŠ|last=Vukovic|first=Sanja|date=2018-10-06|website=Fondacija Srpski legat|language=sr-RS|access-date=2020-04-14}}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-02 |title=Otkrivamo: Ova porodica je VLADALA Srbijom iz SENKE, a nisu Nemanjići, Karađorđevići, niti su Obrenovići |url=https://objektiv.rs/vest/309657/otkrivamo-ova-porodica-je-vladala-srbijom-iz-senke-a-nisu-nemanjici-karadjordjevici-niti-su-obrenovici/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Objektiv |language=sr-RS}} His granddaughter Persida Nenadović-Karadjordević was the Princess Consort of Serbia (as the wife of Alexander Karadjordjević), while his great grandson was the King Peter I of Serbia.{{Cite web |last=Milanovic |first=Stefan |title=Princess Persida Karadjordjevic |url=https://royalfamily.org/dinasty/princess-persida-karadjordjevic/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=The Royal Family of Serbia |language=en-US}}