Josip Smodlaka

Josip Smodlaka
Member of the Imperial Council for the XI. Electoral District in the Kingdom of Dalmatia - Split
In office
1910–1918
Preceded byFrane Bulić
Succeeded byOffice abolished
31st, 44th Mayor of Split
In office
1918–1918
Preceded byTeodor Šporn
Succeeded byIvo Tartaglia
In office
September 1943 – October 1943
Preceded byIvo Tijardović
Succeeded byPetar Vitezica
Personal details
Born9 November 1869
Died31 May 1956 (aged 86)
PartyCroatian Democratic Party
National Liberation Front (JNOF)

Josip Smodlaka (pronounced [jǒsip smǒdlaka]; 9 November 1869 – 31 May 1956) was an Austrian, Yugoslav and Croatian politician who served two brief terms as Mayor of Split.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ Goran Kotur. Josip Smodlaka. ratnakronikasplita.com
  2. ^ Cukrov, Mladen (2013). "Admiral Philip Andrews u Splitu" [Allied Peacekeeping Mission in Split After the First World War and the Role of the U.S. Admiral Philip Andrews]. Kulturna baština (in Croatian). 39 (1). Split: Društvo prijatelja kulturne baštine: 97–112:98–100. ISSN 0351-0557.