Dragiša Cvetković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dragiša Cvetković

Yugoslav politician

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Niš, Nišava District, Serbia

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1969

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Dragiša Cvetkovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ??????? ?????????; 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.
He developed the federalization of Yugoslavia through the creation of the Banovina of Croatia via the Cvetkovic-Macek Agreement with Croat leader Vladko Macek.
He signed the Yugoslav accession to the Tripartite Pact on 25 March 1941.
Two days later, on March 27, a group of officers carried out a military coup, and arrested Dragiša Cvetkovic 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.On 25 September 2009, the regional court in Cvetkovic's hometown of Niš rehabilitated him from charges laid against him by the Yugoslav government in 1945.