Cabinet of Milan Piroćanac
Cabinet of Milan Piroćanac | |
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31st Cabinet of Principality of Serbia 1st Cabinet of Kingdom of Serbia | |
| 1880–1883 | |
| Coats of arms of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia | |
| Date formed | November 2, 1880 |
| Date dissolved | October 3, 1883 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Milan I |
| Head of government | Milan Piroćanac |
| History | |
| Elections | February 20, 1877 December 12, 1880 |
| Predecessor | Cabinet of Jovan Ristić III |
| Successor | Cabinet of Nikola Hristić II |
The Cabinet of Milan Piroćanac was sworn in on November 2, 1880. It was marked by several important events in the history of Modern Serbia. In 1881, this Government decided to build a railroad through Serbia, in order to link Serbia with both Central Europe and Ottoman Turkey. The best financial terms were offered by a French company Union générale; however, it seemed that this company got a hold of this job by bribing senior officials. Also, this Cabinet saw a signing of the Secret Convention between Serbia and Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1881, that basically put Serbian foreign policy under Vienna's tutelage. On March 6, 1882, the Principality of Serbia was raised to the rank of Kingdom, with Prince Milan becoming King Milan I of Serbia. In 1883, this cabinet also witnessed the Timok Rebellion in Zaječar District, when the representatives of People's Radical Party rose up against this government.