Ivan Ribar (; 21 January 1881 – 2 February 1968) was a Croatian politician who served in several governments of various forms in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. Ideologically a Pan-Slavist and communist, he was a prominent member of the
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...
, who resisted the
Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia.
Biography
Ribar was born in Vukmanić (part of
Karlovac
Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. According to the 2011 census, its population was 55,705.
Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located on the Zagreb- Rijeka highway and railway line, south-west of Zagre ...
) and held a PhD in law. He worked as an attorney in
Zagreb
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,
Đakovo
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Etymology
The etymology of the name is the gr, διάκος (diákos) in Slavic form đ ...
and
Belgrade
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.
Ribar lost his entire family during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
: his two sons, Jurica and
Ivo
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, and his wife, Antonija. Both
Jurica Jurica is a Croatian given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Jurica Buljat (born 1986), Croatian football defender, currently playing for Maccabi Haifa
*Jurica Golemac (born 1977), Slovenian professional basketball player
*Jurica Grabu ...
and
Ivo
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were killed in action in 1943 fighting for the
Partisans, while Ribar's wife was executed by the Germans in 1944.
Ivo Lola Ribar, his younger son, was in charge of the
Young Communist League of Yugoslavia , SKOJ mk, Сојуз на комунистичката младина на Југославија, СКМЈ sl, Zveza komunistične mladine Jugoslavije, ZKMJ
, colorcode = red
, founded = 1919
, dissolved = 1948
, succeeded by = League of S ...
(SKOJ) during the war, and was proclaimed posthumously a
People's Hero of Yugoslavia
The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...
.
[Ivan Ribar profile](_blank)
, gimnazija-karlovac.hr; accessed 12 July 2015.
Politics
In politics, he was: President of the Parliamentary Assembly of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–22)
President of Executive Committee,
(26 October 1942 – 4 December 1943), Chairman of the Presidium of the Provisional People's Assembly (4 December 1943 – 5 March 1945), Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (29 December 1945 – 14 January 1953)
From the proclamation of a republic in 1945 until 1953, Ribar was the ''de jure'' head of state of Yugoslavia; his position as parliamentary speaker was constitutionally made equivalent to that of president. In 1953,
Communist Party
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leader and
Prime Minister
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Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...
, the country's ''de facto'' leader since 1945, was elected to the new post of
President of the Republic.
Second marriage and death
Ribar spent his last years in Zagreb.
In 1952 he married painter and poet Cata Dujšin-Ribar and moved into her flat on 3 Demeter Street.
He died in 1968, aged 87.
In 1976, his widow donated their flat and their art collection to the City of Zagreb. The art collection is exhibited at the Demeter Street flat, which is open to public. As of 2021, the flat is temporarily closed due to damage from the
2020 Zagreb earthquake
At approximately 6:24 AM CET on the morning of 22 March 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 , 5.5 , hit Zagreb, Croatia, with an epicenter north of the city centre. The maximum felt intensity was VII–VIII (''Very strong'' to ''Damaging'') o ...
.
See also
*
List of honorary citizens of Skopje
Notes
References
External links
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1881 births
1968 deaths
People from Karlovac
People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) politicians
League of Communists of Croatia politicians
Representatives in the Croatian Parliament (1848–1918)
Yugoslav Partisans members
Croatian atheists
Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery