In 1807 he was elected a member of the Governing Council in Belgrade.
Ivan Jugović opened the nucleus of what eventually became the
Grandes écoles (Velika škola) in the fledgling premises of his big house. In 1812, he was appointed elder of
Kladovo and
Brza Palanka. He unsuccessfully negotiated peace with the Turks in 1813. In 1814, he "appeared before the Austrian emperor in Vienna with Archbishop
Mateja Nenadović and prayed that any relief would be given to the people in Serbia."[6]
He returned to Serbia in 1815 and settled in
Šabac, where he died in 1821. He was buried in the family tomb at the Šabac cemetery. Vuk Karadžić wrote in his memoirs that Jevta was a far more accomplished writer than some of his contemporaries in the Governing Council.[7]
Sources
Milan Đ. Milićević, Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog narodu novijega doba, Vol 1 (Belgrade, 1888)[8]
Milan Đ. Milićević,Kneževina Srbija (Belgrade, 1878)