Marko Veselica (January 9, 1936 – February 17, 2017 in

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) was a

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n politician, economist and university professor. During the

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, Marko Veselica developed a reputation of being a Croatian nationalist. He was close to

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. As a prominent Croatian dissident his Croatian nationalist views brought him into conflict with the

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authorities of

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.Croatia Dissident Reported Held

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1981 In 1981 he was arrested on suspicion of "antistate activities", charged with spreading hostile propaganda in interviews with Western news organizations and maintaining contacts with emigre groups, and after a seven-day trial sentenced by a Zagreb court to eleven years imprisonment. In 1983 he was an

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prisoner of conscience. In 1990, he became leader of the newly formed

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(HDS). Following the merger of the HDS and the

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(HKDS) he became chairman (1992–2001) of the

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HKDU. He died on 17 February 2017 at morning in Fran Mihaljević hospital in

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