Josip Torbar (24 June 1922 – 6 July 2013) was a
Croatian politician.
Torbar was born in
Zagreb and obtained his doctorate at the
University of Zagreb Faculty of Law.
He left
Yugoslavia after communism was instituted following
World War II, 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
Juraj Krnjević
Juraj Krnjević (19 February 1895 – 9 January 1988) was a Croatian politician who was among the leaders of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS).Biondich, Mark (2007). Vladko Macek and the Political Right in Croatia, 1928–1941. ''Contemporary Eur ...
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
Croatian Parliament in the
2000 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2000.
Africa
* 2000 Ethiopian general election
* 2000 Ghanaian presidential election
* 1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
* 2000–01 Ivorian parliamentary election
* 2000 Ivorian presiden ...
.
He was a member of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2002 to 2004.
Council of Europe
References
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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