August Košutić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAugust Košutić
Croatian politician
Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1893
Place of Birth: Radoboj, Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia
Date of Death: 12-Nov-1964
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About August Košutić
- August Košutic (5 August 1893 – 12 November 1964) was a Croatian politician and a prominent member of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS). As a member of the HSS, Košutic traveled through Europe and United States to inform the world public about the Serb hegemonist policy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the "Croatian issue".
- Because of his activity he was often arrested by the Yugoslav authorities, and in 1924 he was a victim of an assassination attempt.
- Briefly between the 1926 and 1927 he was a Minister of Construction where he made a great effort combating the corruption. During the World War II, in the Independent State of Croatia, he was most notable for his participation in the abortive Lorkovic-Vokic plot in 1944, a coup which had the goal of establishing a coalition government between the Ustaše and the HSS and align the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) with the Allies.
- After the war, he became politically inactive.
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