Dragiša Cvetković
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Dragiša Cvetković was a Yugoslav politician who served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for signing the Cvetković–Maček Agreement and for his government’s alignment with the Axis powers before World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yugoslav politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ prime minister ⓘ |
| aimOfAgreement | to resolve the Croatian question within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Niš ⓘ |
| conflictContext | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Serbia ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Serbs ⓘ |
| eventAssociatedWith |
Axis alignment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
creation of the Banovina of Croatia ⓘ internal reorganization of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| governmentTypeLed | royal authoritarian government ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf |
Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
| historicalPeriod |
early World War II in the Balkans
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading a government aligned with the Axis powers before World War II
ⓘ
Cvetković–Maček Agreement ⓘ
surface form:
signing the Cvetković–Maček Agreement
|
| languageSpoken | Serbian ⓘ |
| legacy |
controversial due to Axis alignment and partition of Yugoslavia’s internal structure
ⓘ
important figure in the lead-up to the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Yugoslav Radical Union ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm |
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul of Yugoslavia (as regent)
Peter II of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| notableWork | Cvetković–Maček Agreement ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1941-03-27 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1939-08-26 ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | 27 March 1941 coup d’état ⓘ |
| partnerInAgreementWith | Vladko Maček ⓘ |
| policy |
appeasement toward Axis powers
ⓘ
granting autonomy to Croats within Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Axis foreign policy before World War II ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Ban of Morava Banovina
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Ban of Vardar Banovina ⓘ Mayor of Niš ⓘ Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| predecessor | Dragiša Cvetković government predecessor: Dragiša Cvetković replaced Dragiša Cvetković? (unknown predecessor name) ⓘ |
| reasonForDownfall | popular and military opposition to Yugoslavia’s accession to the Tripartite Pact ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Croatia
ⓘ
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Serbia ⓘ |
| signed |
Cvetković–Maček Agreement
ⓘ
accession of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to the Tripartite Pact ⓘ |
| successor | Dušan Simović ⓘ |
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