Srđan Budisavljević

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Srđan Budisavljević
Yugoslavia
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupation(s)Politician, lawyer
Political partyCroat-Serb Coalition (until 1920)
Democratic Party (1920–1925)
Independent Democratic Party (1925–1945)

Srđan Budisavljević (8 December 1883 – 20 February 1968) was a politician and lawyer born in

Parliament of Yugoslavia on the Democratic Party ticket in 1920 and 1923 before switching his allegiance to Pribičević-led Independent Democratic Party (SDS) in 1925. He was a member of the parliament representing the SDS, and the president of the SDS in 1939–1945. In the same period he held several ministerial positions in Yugoslav governments including the government-in-exile during the World War II. Following the Tito–Šubašić Agreements, King Peter II of Yugoslavia appointed Budisavljević a member of three-person regency council to represent him in the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. In 1945, Budisavljević returned to Yugoslavia and lived in Zagreb until his death. In 1958, he published Stvaranje države Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca ("Creation of the state of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes").[1]

Budisavljević's father Buda was an ethnic Serb politician from Lika. His brother Julije was a noted surgeon, married to Diana, a war-time humanitarian.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Budisavljević, Srđan". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Nataša Mataušić 2018.: 'Kako sam oživjela prešućenu priču o spasiteljici djece iz ustaških logora'". Nacional (weekly) (in Croatian). No. 1068. 13 October 2018.
  3. ^ Milinović, Zdravko (13 September 2020). "Heroina koju je Tito osudio na zaborav: Što o njoj otkriva knjiga koju Hrvatska čeka 75 godina?". Globus (weekly) (in Croatian).