Ljubomir Jovanović

Ljubomir Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Јовановић, 14 February 1865 – 2 October 1928) was a Serbian politician and historian. He was a professor at the University of Belgrade since its establishment in 1905, a member of the SKU, Minister of Education, Minister of Internal Affairs and member of the State Council.

Life

Jovanović was born in Kotor, Austria-Hungary (present-day Montenegro). He finished primary and secondary school in Kotor. He was educated at the Grandes écoles, during which he left to participate in the uprising in the Bay of Kotor. He graduated in History at the Faculty of Philosophy. From 1887 to 1901 he was a teacher at secondary schools.

He was a librarian and Director of the National Library, then professor at the Grandes écoles University and later when it became the University of Belgrade.