Toma Vučić Perišić

Prince Toma Vučić Perišić
File:Jovan Popović - Portret Tome Vučića Perišića,1841, oil on canvas, 54,5 x 68 cm.jpg Portrait by Jovan Popović, 1841
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 1840–1842
Preceded by	Cvetko Rajović
Succeeded by	Ilija Garašanin
Personal details
Born	1787 Barič, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Serbia)
Died	1859 Belgrade, Principality of Serbia
Awards	Order of Glory

Prince Toma Vučić Perišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Тома Вучић Перишић; 1787 – 13 July 1859) was a Serbian politician, military leader during the Serbian Revolution, Freemason and one of the most powerful and influential individuals in Serbia of the 19th century. He was Miloš Obrenović's most virulent opponent, and an ally of the Karađorđević Dynasty with Avram Petronijević and Ilija Garašanin and other so-called Constitutionalists (Dimitrije Davidović, Aleksa Simić, Stojan Simić, Milutin Savić). He wanted to bring rule of law and an effective administrative system in the Principality of Serbia, if only foreign interference was not an issue. Eventually, in the political tug-of-war, the constitutionalists period came to an abrupt end with the former absolute ruler reclaiming the throne.

He married twice, first time with Perunika Žabarac and second wife Agnija nicknamed Nula, sister of a Greek revolutionary leader of the Greek War of Independence, Yiannis Pharmakis. With his first wife he had four children, two daughters (Stanka and Anka) and two sons (Stevan and Ilija). According to some sources, Vučić dug out his own eye with a fork during a lunch, because he had an eye pain.

A street in Belgrade is named after him.

See also

• List of Serbian Revolutionaries

References

Government offices
Preceded by Cvetko Rajović	Minister of Internal Affairs 1840–1842	Succeeded by Ilija Garašanin