Gavrilović, Milan, 1882-1976.

Yugoslav statesman and diplomat; ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1940-1941; member, Yugoslav government-in-exile, London, 1941-1943.

From the description of Milan Gavrilović papers, 1938-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870752

Biographical Note

• 1882 December 6: Born, Belgrade, Serbia Receives elementary and secondary education in Eastern Serbia
• 1901: Enters Law School, University of Belgrade. Founds and edits the student paper Oslobodjenje. Works as a reporter for Dnevni List, a Belgrade daily
• 1902: Suspended for a year from the University for refusing to attend classes as a political protest
• 1905: During Easter vacation joins the chetniks to fight for the liberation of southern parts of Serbia. Wounded in the Battle of Čelopek
• 1906: Graduates from Law School, University of Belgrade
• 1907: Enters Law School, University of Paris
• 1911: Receives Doctorate of Law degree (Doctorat d'Etat), University of Paris. His dissertation ("L'état et le droit") was awarded French state prize. Joins Political Section, Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1912: Takes unofficial leave from the Ministry to fight in the Balkan War as a chetnik
• 1913 - 1916 : Secretary to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Pašić
• 1914: Married Jelena Cincar-Janković
• 1916 - 1923 : Serves in London (1916), Athens (1918), Berlin (1922), and Rome (1923), resigning from the service with the rank of Counselor
• 1920: Joins the newly founded Agrarian Party and is elected member of its Executive Committee
• 1921 - 38 : Vice President, Serbian Agrarian Party
• 1923: Publishes a monograph, A Political and Economic Democracy, which is adopted as the platform of the Serbian Agrarian Party
• 1923 - 1930 : Editor-in-Chief, Politika (Belgrade)
• 1930: Because of pressures on Politika exerted by the personal regime of King Aleksandar, is forced to leave the paper
• 1936 - 1937 : Plays major part in negotiating an agreement between Croat leader Dr. Maček and Serbian opposition parties
• 1938 - 1976 : President, Serbian Agrarian Party
• 1940 - 1941 : Royal Envoy of Yugoslavia to the Soviet Union
• 1941: Minister (without portfolio) in the General Simović Government
• 1942 - 1943 : Minister of Justice in the Yugoslav Government in Exile, London
• 1950: Settles in the United States President of the Serbian National Federation and the Serbian National Defense. Executive member of the International Peasant Union. Publishes many articles on Communism in English and Serbian, two of which are entered into the Congressional Record ("What Now?" House, 1956, pp. A1741-2; "Street Mobs and Soviet Foreign Policy," Senate, 1960, pp. 15421-2). Resigns from all official positions after his eightieth birthday in 1962, but remains active until shortly before his death, writing monographs and articles and maintaining a voluminous correspondence
• 1976 January 1: Dies, Bethesda, Maryland, and is buried in the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Saint Sava in Libertyville near Chicago, Illinois

From the guide to the Milan Gavrilović papers, 1938-1979, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)