Milenko Vesnić
Serbian politician; (1863-1921)
Milenko Radomar Vesnić (Vesnitch in French, and Wesnitsch in German; 13 February 1863 – 15 May 1921) was a Serbian politician, diplomat, cabinet member and prime minister.
Early life
Vesnić studied law at the Velika škola in Belgrade and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München from 1883. On 8 August 1888, Vesnić received a Ph.D. in law with a thesis under the title "The Blood Feud among South Slavs". His highly praised thesis was published in German the following year in Stuttgart. Over the next two years, from 1888 to 1889 in Paris and from 1889 to 1890 in London, he obtained further specialization in law.
Career
Vesnić joined the diplomatic service of Serbia in 1891, as the secretary of the Serbian Legation at Constantinople. In 1893, he was appointed a university professor teaching international law at Velika škola in Belgrade, and the same year became MP in the National Assembly of Serbia as a member of the People's Radical Party.
In the government of Sava Grujić from 1893 to 1894), he was the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs. In 1899, he was sentenced to two years in prison after he insulted King Milan I. In 1901, Vesnić returned to the diplomatic service as the Serbian Minister in Rome.
In 1904, Vesnić was appointed Serbian Minister in Paris, a posting he held for almost 17 years in various terms.
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