Miko Tripalo
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Miko Tripalo | |
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Secretary of the Executive Bureau of the League of Communists of Croatia | |
In office 26 October 1966 – 28 March 1969 | |
President | Vladimir Bakarić |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Pero Pirker |
Personal details | |
Born | Sinj, Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 16 November 1926
Died | 11 December 1995 Zagreb, Croatia | (aged 69)
Nationality | Croat |
Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia (joined in 1943) |
Ante "Miko" Tripalo (16 November 1926 – 11 December 1995)
Biography
A son of a well-to-do farmers' family near
Later he joined the
Gradually, Tripalo rose to enough prominence to join the second generation of top Communist officials in Yugoslavia. They were, under tacit blessing of Tito, supposed to introduce various economic and political reforms in late 1960s. Tripalo, together with
In 1970, Tripalo and Dabčević-Kučar introduced a new party platform that demanded more autonomy for Croatia within Yugoslavia. The platform was promoted through mass rallies, soon becoming a popular movement, later called Croatian Spring. Dabčević-Kučar and Tripalo became the most popular politicians in Croatia at the time.
The new policy was opposed by more conservative elements of the party and
In 1989, with an arrival of multi-party democracy in Croatia, Tripalo re-emerged in Croatian politics as one of the top opposition figures. He published a book called Croatian Spring, claiming that the movement, previously known as Maspok, was inspired by Prague Spring and extinguished in the same manner.
Tripalo and Dabčević-Kučar believed themselves to be the obvious leaders of Croatian opposition, although they refused to form their own party. Instead, they initiated creation of
A few months later, in autumn 1990, Tripalo and Dabčević-Kučar finally initiated creation of their own party that would later become
In the next few years, Tripalo, always in the shadow of more charismatic and more popular Dabčević-Kučar, began to distance himself from his long-term political partner. This became apparent after 1992 and Dabčević-Kučar's failure at parliamentary and presidential elections, events that coincided with the rise of hardline nationalist faction within HDZ. Tripalo, unlike Dabčević-Kučar, was increasingly troubled by the prospect of Croatia shifting to the far right and even more by the prospects of HNS not being opposed to certain tendencies associated with far right. In 1994 he left HNS and joined newly formed left-wing party called Social Democratic Action of Croatia (ASH). The party failed to make much of an impact on 1995 parliamentary elections.
Death
Tripalo, faced with deteriorating health, died a few years later.
References
- ^ "Tripalo, Ante Miko". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Miko Tripalo". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
External links
- O Miki Tripalu (in Croatian)