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
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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