Petar Velimirović

After being arrested as a follower of Svetozar Marković for his participation in the socialist events in Kragujevac, he escaped to Hungary.

[1] After the Timok Rebellion was crushed in 1883, he emigrated to Bulgaria where he briefly taught at a Sofia gymnasium.

where he was appointed as Minister of Public Works in 1887, in the cabinet of Jovan Ristić, and the same department had in the cabinets Đorđe Simić, Nikola Pašić and Sava Grujić.

At the end of 1902, Velimirović formed his own cabinet, which was short-lived (one month).

[1] In 1903, Velimirović was Chairman of the National Assembly session, which was decided on the choice of Petar I for the King of Serbia.