Marko Koprtla (24 May 1929 – 4 October 1997) was a

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n politician active in

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during the time of the

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. Koprtla was born in Gradište, a village near

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. He was trained as a car mechanic in Vukovar before enroling in a high school and taking a job of a metal worker until 1955. He attended a higher political school in

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in 1962. Koprtla was a member of the

League of Communists of Yugoslavia The League of Communists of Yugoslavia, mk, Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na komunistite na Jugoslavija known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, sl, Komunistična partija Jugoslavije mk ...

(SKJ) and the

League of Communists of Croatia League of Communists of Croatia ( sh, Savez komunista Hrvatske or SKH) was the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (''Komunistička ...

posted to various functions in the municipalities of

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and

Vukovar Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...

. He became the president of the municipal assembly of Vukovar in 1961 and held that post until 1966. Between 1963 and 1965 he was a member of the

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. In 1965, Koprtla was appointed to the Central Committee of the SKH as the president of its commission for social and economic affairs. In 1968, he became the president of the defence commission of the Central Committee of the SKH. In 1968–1971, Koprtla was additionally appointed a member of the Executive Committee of the SKH's Central Committee tasked with staffing and defence affairs. As a proponent of the reformist faction of the SKH within the context of the

, Koprtla resigned his posts on 12 December 1971 when the reformist SKH leadership under

Savka Dabčević-Kučar Savka Dabčević-Kučar (6 December 1923 – 6 August 2009) was a Croatian politician. She was one of the most influential Croatian female politicians during the communist period, especially during the Croatian Spring when she was deposed. Sh ...

and

Miko Tripalo Ante "Miko" Tripalo (16 November 1926 – 11 December 1995) was a Croatian politician. He was one of the members of Croatian Spring, a movement for higher level of autonomy of SR Croatia within SFR Yugoslavia. Biography A son of a well-to-do far ...

were defeated and purged from the public and political life. In 1990, Koprtla was among the founders of the

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1929 births 1997 deaths People from Gradište, Croatia Mayors of Vukovar League of Communists of Croatia politicians Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats politicians {{Croatia-politician-stub