CROATIAN GOVERNMENT
PAVELIC, Dr. jur. Ante
(July 14, 1889 in Bradina - December 28, 1959 in Madrid, Spain)
Died as result of wounds sustained in the April 10, 1957 assassination attempt in Lomas del Palomar, Argentina.
Founder of Ustasa Party (1930); Poglavnik (Leader) of Independent State of Croatia (NDH): April 13, 1941 - May 6, 1945.
ALAJBEGOVIC, Mehmed
(May 7, 1906 in Bihac - June 7, 1947 in Zagreb [executed])
Executed post-war by Communist government of Yugoslavia.
Assignments:
Final Minister of Foreign Affairs, NDH (late 1944 - May 1945); Minister for [War Damaged Places?/"Skrbi za Postradale Krajeve"] (October 1943 -late-1944);
General Consul of NDH, Munich (January 1942 - October 1943)
Notes: Lawyer.
ARTUKOVIC, Dr. jur. Andrija
(1899-1988)
Born: 1899.
Died: 1988, in penitentiary hospital, Zagreb.
Assignments:
Minister of Internal Affairs: 1943-1945.
Minister of Religion and Law, NDH: 1942-1943.
First Minister of Internal Affairs, NDH: Apr. 1941-1942.
Postwar Prosecution:
Extradited from U.S. to Yugoslavia and sentenced to death by shooting, 1986. Sentence delayed due to defendant's illness.
FRKOVIC, Ivica
(1894-1980)
Born: 1894.
Died: 1980 in Argentina.
Chief, city administration, Sarajevo, Bosnia: 1944.
Minister for Forestry & Mining in first NDH Government: 1941-__.
Notes: Pre-war member of Ustasha movement.
IVAN, Werner
(1887-1944)
Born: 1887.
Killed(?): 1944.
Assignments:
Ustasha mayor of Zagreb: 1941-1944.
Notes: Close friend of Ante Pavelic.
PUK, Mirko
(1884-1945)
Born: 1884.
Suicide(?): 1945.
Minister for Religion & Law, NDH: 1941 - 1942.
Notes:
Advocated slaughter of Orthodox populations. Responsible for Glina Church massacres.
VOKIC, Ante
(1909-1945)
Born: 1909.
Killed: 1945, by Ustasha.
Assignments:
Minister of War, NDH: 1944-__.
Minister of Transportation, NDH: Fall 1943-1944.
Member, "Croatian Utasha Supreme Headquarters" (Hrvatski Ustaski Nadzorni Stozer): 1941-
Colonel of Ustasha.
Notes:
Pre-war official of Railway Direction, Sarajevo.
Arrested and murdred, along with Dr. Mladen Lorkovic, ___ 1945.
VRANCIC, Vjekoslav
(1904-????)
Born: 1904.
Died:
Assignments:
Minister of Trade & Commerce, NDH: Early-1944 - ____.
Croat representative to German 342. Division.
Croat representative to Italian 2nd Army, Sisak, Bosnia:
State Secretary & Deputy of Foreign Minister, NDH:
Notes:
According to some sources, agent of British Intelligence.
Arrested and interned by Allies after war, he escaped, with help of Father Krunoslav Draganovic, from Rome to Argentina, 1948.
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