page_title: Milan Milićević
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Milan Milićević / Work / Politics
caption_attribution_description: Српски / srpski: Potred Milana Đ. Milićevića slikara Steve Todorovića, 1866. Narodni Muzej u Beogradu.
context_page_description: Milan Đakov Milićević was a Serbian writer, biographer, publicist, ethnologist and one of the founders of the Association of Writers of Serbia.
context_section_description: As a politician Milićević had an active career with the Progressive Party, led by Milutin Garašanin, son of Ilija Garašanin, and Vladan Đorđević. The Progressive Party sprang from the group of young conservatives, imbued with Western liberalism. Their better known regional leaders were Milan Piroćanac, Čedomilj Mijatović, historian Stojan Novaković, poet Milan Kujundžić-Aberdar, poet, novelist and dramatist Milorad Popović Šapčanin, and Milan Đakov Milićević.
  From 1896 he entered the Skupština (Serbian Parliament) as representative of a Belgrade constituency, representing the Progressive Party, but decided three years later to retire. Milićević believed that the solidarity of Slavic nations should recognize and not repudiate the principle of distinctive national differences while contributing to the mutual respect and understanding of all humankind. Professing advanced Liberal and democratic views, he often had to defend personal freedoms to those who were used to strong-arm tactics. "From many sides our friends complain how the Radicals are upsetting them," Milićević wrote in his diary, "They do not understand that this is a consequence of freedom and blame us that we do not use the state administration to stop them. No! That we will not do!....."
caption: Portrait of Milićević by Stevan Todorović, National Museum of Serbia
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