Stevan Marković
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Stevan Marković was Serbian
Serbia
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 politician and member of the Society of Serbian Letters.

Biography

Marković finished elementary school in Zemun
Zemun
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 in 1815, and high school in Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci
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 in 1821. He studied at university in Austria
Austria
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, and in 1834 he moved to Serbia
Serbia
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. at first he was a court scribe in Kragujevac
Kragujevac
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 in 1834, and from 1835 Marković was a member of the Government, and also Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister.

Marković become Director of the Prince's office on 28 September 1837, and the chief secretary of the Soviet government 1839th He was a member of the Council from 1842 to 1857.

He was appointed on 27 May 1842 as the first member Society of Serbian Letters (the predecessor of Academy
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the most prominent academic institution in Serbia today...

), and was its president from 1854 to 1857.

Marković was the Minister of Justice and Education from 21 December 1854 to 29 May 1856 and from 16 September 1856 to 19 June 1857. He was Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from 29 May to 16 September 1856, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of 19 June 1857 to 31 March 1858. After the return of Prince Miloš Obrenović
Miloš Obrenovic I, Prince of Serbia
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 to Serbia, he left the country.

He died in Vienna
Vienna
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in 1864.

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