Petar Nikolajević Moler
Petar Nikolajević Moler (1775 – 1816) was a Serbian politician and revolutionary who served as prime minister of Serbia from 1815 to 1816. He participated in both the first and second uprising.
Petar Nikolajević Moler | |
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| Prime Minister of Serbia | |
| In office 21 November 1815 – 16 May 1816 | |
| Monarch | Miloš |
| Preceded by | Karađorđe (1813) |
| Succeeded by | Jevrem Obrenović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1775 Babina Luka, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1816 Bogovađa, Principality of Serbia |
| Political party | Independent |
Biography
Petar Nikolajević was born in 1775.[1]
Moler was educated as a painter,[1][2] known for his works in several monasteries in the pre-Uprising period, and thus earning his nickname, Moler (painter in Serbian).[1] He was the first modern painter in Serbia.[1]
He was a nephew of Hadži-Ruvim, who was executed by the Dahije (renegade Janissaries) during the Slaughter of the knezes.
In the First Serbian Uprising, Moler distinguished himself in battle near the village of Jelenča. During the uprising, he painted the church built by Karađorđe in Topola.[3] During the defense of Loznica in 1813, because of a lack of ink, Moler wrote a letter with his blood to the leaders of the uprising.[4] After the failure of the uprising, Moler fled to the Austrian Empire, but returned to Serbia at the start of the Second Serbian Uprising.
He was President of the Serbian Government from 1815 to 1816. Moler and Bishop Melentije Simeonović Nikšić were among the first opposition leaders to Prince Miloš Obrenović, and as such were killed in 1816.[5][6]
References
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- N.Dž. "Prvi predsednik vlade Srbije bio je slikar, a jedno pismo je usred bitke pisao SVOJOM KRVLJU". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- "Petar Nikolajević Moler – vojvoda i predsednik Vlade Srbije". Valjevske Novosti (in Serbian). 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- Rajković, Srđan (2010). "Petar Nikolajević Moler - Vojvoda i umetnik". Srpski legat.
- Dragas, Branko (2014-09-22). "MOLER". Branko Dragaš (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- "Ko je bio Moler po kome ime nosi ulica na Vračaru? | Ko je bio..." 011info - najbolji vodič kroz Beograd (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- Radovan M. Drašković (1967). Petar Nikolajević Moler. b.i.
- Velibor Savić (2006). Vojvoda Petar Nikolajević Moler. Samostalno izdanje autora. ISBN 978-86-903169-4-6.
