Josip Kokail was a

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of the late 18th and early 19th century in

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, when the country was under the

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. He became mayor of

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in 1797 and became the second-longest-serving mayor in the history of the city, serving a term of 15 years. He was succeeded by Anton Codelli in 1812.

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