Nikola Hristić

Nikola Hristić Никола Христић
President of the Ministry of Serbia
In office 3 December 1867 – 3 July 1868
Monarch	Milan I
Preceded by	Jovan Ristić
Succeeded by	Đorđe Cenić
In office 3 October 1883 – 19 February 1884
Monarch	Milan I
Preceded by	Milan Piroćanac
Succeeded by	Milutin Garašanin
In office 27 April 1888 – 19 January 1889
Monarch	Milan I
Preceded by	Sava Grujić
Succeeded by	Kosta Protić
In office 27 October 1894 – 7 July 1895
Monarch	Alexander I
Preceded by	Svetomir Nikolajević
Succeeded by	Stojan Novaković
Personal details
Born	10 August 1818 Sremska Mitrovica, Austrian Empire
Died	26 November 1911 (1911-11-27) (aged 93) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serb
Political party	Conservatives
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Nikola Hristić (Sremska Mitrovica, 10 August 1818 – Belgrade, 26 November 1911) was a Serbian politician who served as Prime Minister of Serbia for four terms.

Biography

Hristić was born and educated in Sremska Mitrovica.

He retired after Mihailo's death when a new government was formed under Milan I of Serbia. King Milan I was facing the Timok Rebellion, so he got Nikola Hristić out of retirement and installed him as the new prime minister and as the minister of internal affairs. The Timok Rebellion was successfully crushed, and the leaders of it, most notably Nikola Pašić of the People's Radical Party, fled to Bulgaria. After the rebellion was crushed, new elections were held in early 1884, and a new cabinet was formed under Milutin Garašanin. In 1884 Hristić was appointed vice president of the State Council [sr]. Milan erred in identifying Sava Grujić's views with the Radical party, which had not taken a stand on the divorce question. Consequently, he decided that he needed another cabinet to settle the divorce problem. Again Milan turned to the time-tested and dependable bureaucrat – Nikola Hristić – who put together a cabinet in April 1888. Hristić retired the following year, and in 1894 he came out of retirement to become prime minister for the fourth time. In mid-1895 he was dismissed and re-appointed as president of the State Council. Hristić finally retired for good in 1901.

Nikola Hristić was married to Juliana (born Hadži-Jovanović), the granddaughter of

Nikola Hristić died on 26 November 1911 in Belgrade, at the age of 93.[2]

Nikola Hristić is remembered as a very capable administrator and personally honest man of conservative views.

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