Dragiša Cvetković
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Dragiša Cvetković (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Цветковић; 15 January 1893 – 18 February 1969) was a Yugoslav politician active in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He served as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1939 to 1941.[1] He developed the federalization of Yugoslavia through the creation of the Banovina of Croatia via the Cvetković–Maček Agreement with Croat leader Vladko Maček.[2] He signed the Yugoslav accession to the Tripartite Pact on 25 March 1941.[3] Two days later, on 27 March, a group of officers carried out a military coup, and arrested Dragiša Cvetković and other ministers. German authorities arrested him on two occasions and took him to Banjica concentration camp. He fled on 4 September 1944 for Bulgaria. He spent the rest of his life in Paris.[citation needed]
Dragiša Cvetković | |
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Драгиша Цветковић | |
13th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia | |
In office 5 February 1939 – 27 March 1941 | |
Monarch | Peter II |
Preceded by | Milan Stojadinović |
Succeeded by | Dušan Simović |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 January 1893 Niš, Kingdom of Serbia |
Died | 18 February 1969(1969-02-18) (aged 76) Paris, France |
Occupation | Politician |
On 25 September 2009, the regional court in Cvetković's hometown of Niš rehabilitated him from charges laid against him by the Yugoslav government in 1945.[4]