About Josip Smodlaka
Lived 1869 – 1956 (aged 86). Josip Smodlaka was an Austrian politician, diplomat, jurist and opinion journalist.
Josip Smodlaka (; 9 November 1869 – 31 May 1956) was an Austrian, Yugoslav and Croatian politician who served two brief terms as Mayor of Split.
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.
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Who was Josip Smodlaka?
politician (1869–1956)
When was Josip Smodlaka born?
Josip Smodlaka was born on 9 November 1869 in Imotski.
When did Josip Smodlaka die?
Josip Smodlaka died on 31 May 1956 in Split.
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Josip Smodlaka was a politician, diplomat, jurist and opinion journalist.
What nationality was Josip Smodlaka?
Josip Smodlaka was Austrian.
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