Josip Smodlaka

Josip Smodlaka (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip smǒdlaka]; 9 November 1869 – 31 May 1956) was an Austrian, Yugoslav and Croatian politician who served two brief terms as Mayor of Split.^[1]

Josip Smodlaka
Member of the Imperial Council for the XI. Electoral District in the Kingdom of Dalmatia - Split
In office 1910–1918
Preceded by	Frane Bulić
Succeeded by	Office abolished
31st, 44th Mayor of Split
In office 1918–1918
Preceded by	Teodor Šporn
Succeeded by	Ivo Tartaglia
In office September 1943 – October 1943
Preceded by	Ivo Tijardović
Succeeded by	Petar Vitezica
Personal details
Born	9 November 1869
Died	31 May 1956 (aged 86)
Nationality	Croatian
Political party	Croatian Democratic Party National Liberation Front (JNOF)

Following the end of World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs appointed Smodlaka a member of the three-member provincial government of the former Austro-Hungarian crown land of Dalmatia, along with Ivo Krstelj and Vjekoslav Škarica (with deputies Prvislav Grisogono, Uroš Desnica, and Jerko Machiedo). The provincial government administered the region in the run-up to the arrival of Allies of World War I and their occupation of the eastern Adriatic in 1918.^[2]