Josip Torbar (24 June 1922 – 6 July 2013) was a

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n politician. Torbar was born in

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and obtained his doctorate at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law. He left

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after communism was instituted following

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, and lived in South America, the US and later in Rome. In 1980 he was elected vice-president of the central committee of the Croatian Peasant Party. After the death of

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in 1988, he served as president of the central committee until 1991. Torbar returned to Croatia in 1993, and was named an honorary president of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1996. He was elected to the

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in the

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. He was a member of the

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from 2002 to 2004.Council of Europe

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torbar, Josip 1922 births 2013 deaths Croatian Peasant Party politicians Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Politicians from Zagreb Yugoslav expatriates in Italy Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb alumni