Marko Veselica
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| Born | 9 January 1936 Glavice, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Died | 17 February 2017 (aged 81) Zagreb, Croatia |
| Occupation | Politician Economist University professor |
Marko Veselica (January 9, 1936 – February 17, 2017 in Zagreb) was a Croatian politician, economist and university professor.[1]
During the
Communist authorities of Yugoslavia.[2] In 1981 he was arrested on suspicion of "antistate activities",[2] charged with spreading hostile propaganda in interviews with Western news organizations and maintaining contacts with emigre groups, and after a seven-day trial sentenced by a Zagreb court to eleven years imprisonment.[3] In 1983 he was an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience.[4]
In 1990, he became leader of the newly formed
Croatian Christian Democratic Party (HKDS) he became chairman (1992–2001) of the Croatian Christian Democratic Union HKDU.[5]
He died on 17 February 2017 at morning in Fran Mihaljević hospital in Zagreb.[6]
References
- ^ "Marko Veselica". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ New York Times1981
- New York Times1981
- ^ Rights Group Kicks Off 'Amnesty Week': Students Seek to Free 'Prisoners of Conscience', Harvard Crimson 1983
- ^ Leaders of Croatia Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Zárate's Political Collections
- ^ "Umro Marko Veselica". hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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