Jakša Račić

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Jakša Račić
Portrait of Račić by Amalija Bogdanović-Knežević, painted most likely sometime during the First World War.
35th Mayor of Split
In office
1929–1933
Preceded byJosip Berković
Succeeded byMihovil Kargotić
Personal details
Born(1868-08-05)5 August 1868
Vrbanj (
Medical doctor

Jakša Račić (5 August 1868 – 23 August 1943) was the

Chetnik movement.[2]

Račić was born on 5 August 1868 in

Marjan hill
.

World War II and assassination

At the beginning of

Chetnik Povjerenik ("trustee") for Dalmatia.[4] Račić worked closely with Chetnik military commander Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin. Račić was executed for treason by the Partisans
when, after the Italian capitulation in 1943, they temporarily liberated Split from Italian occupation.

References

  1. ^ Kuzmić, Marin (October 18, 2008). "Gradonačelnici sa ST kolinom". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  2. .
  3. ^ "Znaci.net".
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Split
1929 – 1933
Succeeded by