Dinko Trinajstić ( Vrbnik, 9 October 1858 – Crikvenica, 27 February 1939) was a lawyer and

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n politician. He was a member of the

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and supporter of Yugoslavist ideas advocated by bishop

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. Trinajstić studied law in Vienna, Zagreb, and Graz before attaining the doctoral degree in law. He practised in the law firm of his uncle, in

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. In 1894, he moved to Pazin in

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where he practised law and was elected mayor in 1895–1898 and a member of the Diet of Istria in 1895–1910. In 1895, Trinajstić established a branch of the

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in Pazin and ran it. In 1902, Trinajstić took part (as vice-president) in establishment and running of the Political Society for Croats and Slovenes in Istria aimed at enhancing cooperation with Slovene

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, Trinajstić left the country and joined the Yugoslav Committee led by

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. Trinajstić briefly led the committee in 1919. After establishment of the

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, he was appointed a member of the country's provisional legislative body, the Temporary National Representation as a representative of Istria. Trinajstić left politics after he was disappointed by provisions of the 1920 Treaty of Rapallo which attempted to resolve the Adriatic Question by awarding Istria to the

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. Trinajstić was appointed a Yugoslav Senator (a member of the upper chamber of the Assembly of Yugoslavia) in old age.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trinajstic, Dinko 1858 births 1939 deaths Croatian lawyers Party of Rights politicians People from the Margraviate of Istria