Mladen Lorković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mladen Lorković

Croatian politician, lawyer and Ustasha leader

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1909

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1945

Profession: lawyer, politician, historian

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Mladen Lorković

  • Mladen Lorkovic (1 March 1909 – April 1945) was a Croatian politician and lawyer who became a senior member of the Ustaše and served as the Foreign Minister and Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II.
  • Lorkovic led the Lorkovic-Vokic plot, an attempt to establish a coalition government between the Ustaše and the Croatian Peasant Party and align the Independent State of Croatia with the Allies. As a student, he joined the Croatian Party of Rights but, viewed as a dissident in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he fled the country to avoid arrest and eventually settled in Germany where he obtained a doctorate in law at the University of Berlin.
  • In 1934, he joined the Ustaše and became a close associate of Ante Pavelic.
  • Although he was initially commander of all Ustaše in Germany, where he sought support in creating and protecting a Croatian state, he later became leader of all Ustaše outside Italy.
  • Soon after the establishment of the NDH, he was appointed as Foreign Minister and strongly opposed Italian influence on the state.
  • After his cabinet chief, Ivo Kolak, was executed in 1943 for smuggling gold, Lorkovic was removed from office but later named Minister of Interior.
  • As Minister of Interior, he negotiated with the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) in the hopes of establishing a coalition government.
  • He also held secret negotiations with HSS representatives to propose having the NDH join the Allies against Germany.
  • Although he apparently had the support of Pavelic, he and his cohorts were soon arrested as conspirators against the state and after a period in detention was executed at the end of April 1945 alongside Ante Vokic.

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