Juraj Hrženjak
Juraj Hrženjak (born March 10, 1917 in Bjelovar ; † June 15, 2020 in Zagreb ) was a Yugoslav or Croatian politician , judge , publicist and association official.
Life
Juraj Hrženjak first worked at a bank, then from 1940 to 1941 in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Croatian Banschaft . During World War II he joined the partisans .
From 1945 to 1947 he was Deputy Commander of the Military Administration of the Yugoslav People's Army for Istria and the Slovene Coast , then from 1947 to 1951 Deputy Minister for the newly liberated areas and from 1955 to 1958 Director of the Institute for Social Self-Government . From 1953 to 1958 he was a member of the Yugoslav Parliament. He graduated from the University of Zagreb in law in 1956 .
From 1967 to 1975 he was a judge at the Constitutional Court of SR Croatia . From 1975 to 1978 he was director of the Political School Josip Broz Tito in Kumrovec, which opened in 1974 .
Juraj Hrženjak was honorary chairman of the Antifascist League of the Republic of Croatia (Antifašistička liga Republike Hrvatske), which was founded in March 2015 on his initiative. In August 2018 he joined the Bandić Milan 365 - Stranka rada i solidarnosti party of the Mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandić .
Publications
- Istra i slovensko primorje. Borba za slobodu kroz vjekove (Istria and the Slovene Coast. Struggle for Freedom through the Centuries), 1952
- Mjesne zajednice u komunalnom sistemu (Local communities in the communal system), 1963
- Društvena Struktura naselja u SR Hrvatskoj (The social structure of the village in SR Croatia), 1983
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Lokalna samouprava i uprava u Republici Hrvatskoj (Local Self-Government and Administration in the Republic of Croatia), 1993, 953-170-006-0
- 2nd edition ud T. Lokalna i regionalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj (Local and Regional Self-Government in the Republic of Croatia), 2004, ISBN 953-170-112-1
- Anyuta. Sjećanja i dnevnički zapisi iz Drugog svjetskog rata (Anjuta. Memories and diary entries from World War II), 2006, ISBN 953-97528-2-5
- Rušenje antifašističkih spomenika u Hrvatskoj 1990-2000 (The destruction of anti-fascist monuments in Croatia 1990-2000), 2002, ISBN 953-98594-0-9
- Stoljeće života. Antifašistički zapisi i kultura sjećanja (Hundred years of life. Antifascist records and culture of remembrance), 2016, ISBN 978-953-6985-21-0
Web links
- Article about Juraj Hrženjak in the online edition of the Croatian Encyclopedia
- Interview with Juraj Hrženjak on November 19, 2008 for the Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Interview with Juraj Hrženjak on novilist.hr, May 10, 2015
- Interview with Juraj Hrženjak on portalnovosti.com, November 7, 2016
- Vesna Teršelič , Posljednji pozdrav Juraju Đuki Hrženjaku (1917 - 2020) , autograf.hr, June 16, 2020 (obituary article)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Osnovana Antifašistička liga: 'Ostavimo unucima pravednu državu' , rtl.hr, March 21, 2015
- ↑ Lana Mindoljević, Šef političke škole u Kumrovcu u 102 godini života-učlanio se u Bandićevu stranku , jutarnji.hr, August 3, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hrženjak, Juraj |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav or Croatian politician, judge, publicist and association official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bjelovar |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 2020 |
| Place of death | Zagreb |