Count Petar Pejačević of

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( Croatian: ''grof Petar Pejačević Virovitički'', Hungarian: ''verőczei gróf Péter Pejacsevich''; 20 February 1804 – 15 April 1887) was a

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n politician, who served as Hungarian Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the

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-Retfala branch of the Pejačević noble family. Pejačević studied law in the

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. In 1845 he was appointed prefect (

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) of

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. During the

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he didn't support the Croatians' independence war and didn't take part in the

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's work, which stood by

Josip Jelačić Count Josip Jelačić von Bužim (16 October 180120 May 1859; also spelled ''Jellachich'', ''Jellačić'' or ''Jellasics''; hr, Josip grof Jelačić Bužimski; hu, Jelasics József) was a Croatian lieutenant field marshal in the Imperial-Roy ...

. When Koloman Bedeković became Ban of Croatia, Pejačević was appointed Minister of Croatian Affairs. After that he retired from the politics. His relatives from the

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branch of the family, count

Ladislav Pejačević Count Ladislav Pejačević of Virovitica ( en, Ladislaus Peyachevich of Virovitica, hr, Ladislav Pejačević Virovitički, hu, Pejácsevics László; Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary 5 April 1824 – Našice, 7 April 1901) was a Croatian aristo ...

between 1880 and 1883, and Teodor Pejačević between 1903 and 1907, served as Bans (viceroys) of Croatia. Teodor was also Minister of Croatian Affairs later.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Petar Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros (given name), Petros cognate to Peter (given name), Peter. Derivative forms include Pero (given name) ...

Croatian politicians 19th-century Croatian people 1804 births 1887 deaths Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary Counts of Croatia Politicians from Bratislava Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria {{Croatia-politician-stub