Vladimir Jovanović

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Vladimir Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Јовановић) (28 September 1833, Šabac, Principality of Serbia - 3 March 1922, Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) was a Serbian politician, political theorist, economist and journalist.

Jovanović was educated in Germany in agrarian and economic sciences. In Serbia he was а Professor of Economics at the Great School (later to become the University of Belgrade), Minister of Finance, President of the Serbian Scientific Society and an honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy.

He was a liberal thinker propagating individual liberty, national liberation, and education. Jovanović was influenced by John Stuart Mill and the British parliamentary system.

His major work was the Political Dictionary (1872). His son was Slobodan Jovanović.