Mile Starčević (29 September 1862 – 10 March 1917) was a Croatian politician and a lawyer born in the village of near

Gospić Gospić () is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje). Gospić is the ...

. He was an elected member of the

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of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in 1892–1917 as a member of the

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. After 1894, Starčević advocated solving the

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within the framework of

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. Following a political clash within the Party of Rights, Starčević left the party (together with his uncle

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, and

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) to form the Pure Party of Rights. After a conflict with Frank, in 1908 Starčević formed a new political party known as the Mile Starčević faction of the Party of Rights whose adherents were referred to as the "Milinovci" in reference to Starčević. In 1912, his party abandoned trialism and became allied with the

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led by

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and

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. During

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, Starčević left politics. He died in

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