Anton Lipošćak
Anton Lipošćak | |
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| 4th Governor-General of the Military Government of Lublin | |
| In office March 1918 – November 1918 | |
| Appointed by | Charles I of Austria |
| Preceded by | Stanisław Szeptycki |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 April 1863 Order of the Iron Crown 2nd and 1st class |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Austria-Hungary |
| Branch/service | Austro-Hungarian Army |
| Years of service | 1883–1918 |
| Rank | General of the Infantry |
| Unit | 53rd Infantry Regiment |
| Commands | Chief of Staff of the 15th Corps 72nd Brigade of the 13th Corps 2nd Infantry Division 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Anton Lipošćak,[a] (9 April 1863 – 24 July 1924) was an Austro-Hungarian Army General of the Infantry of Croatian descent who served as the Governor-General of the Military Government of Lublin during the World War I. After the war, Lipošćak returned to Zagreb where the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs declared independence from Austria-Hungary. He was accused of plotting a coup d'état and arrested. Most present-day sources consider the charges false. The charges were dropped and Lipošćak released in two months, in early 1919.
Military career
Anton Lipošćak was born on 9 April 1863 in
First World War Carpathian Front until 1915 – as a lieutenant field marshal since 1914. In 1917, he was promoted to the rank of General of the Infantry and assumed command of the 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division, and the Lipošćak Group (subsequently the 9th Corps) on the Romanian Front. In February 1918, Lipošćak was appointed the Governor-General of the Military Government of Lublin in the Kingdom of Poland and he held the position until the end of the war. Lipošćak was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown second class in 1914, and the first class in 1918.[3]
Lipošćak affair
Lipošćak returned to Zagreb after the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until his death on 24 July 1924.[9]
Notes
- ^ In early reports of the Lipošćak affair and historiography relying on those sources, Lipošćak's surname is erroneously reported as "Lipovšćak".[2]
References
- ^ Zorko 2003, p. 900.
- ^ Zorko 2003, n. 24.
- ^ a b Matković 2013.
- ^ a b Zorko 2003, pp. 892–895.
- ^ a b Newman 2015, pp. 128–130.
- ^ Zorko 2003, pp. 887–888.
- ^ Zorko 2003, pp. 898–899.
- ^ Newman 2015, p. 162.
- ^ Newman 2015, p. 159.
Sources
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- Matković, Stjepan (2013). "Lipošćak, Antun". Croatian Biographical Lexicon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- Newman, John Paul (2015). Yugoslavia in the Shadow of War: Veterans and the Limits of State Building, 1903–1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107070769.
- Zorko, Tomislav (2003). "Afera Lipošćak" [The Lipošćak Affair]. Časopis za suvremenu povijest (in Croatian). 35 (3). Zagreb: Croatian Institute of History: 887–902. ISSN 0590-9597.
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