Herman Bužan (also spelled Hermanus Busan, 8 October 1800 – 22 September 1862) was a Croatian politician born in

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. He studied philosophy and law at the

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and the University of Pozsony before becoming a

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of the

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in 1831. The next year, the

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appointed Bužan one of its delegates to the

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convened in

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, along with Count

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and

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. The three delegates were instructed to defend municipal rights of Croatia, the temporary nature of the decision to cede authority to the Hungarian Diet until Croatia has sufficient territory to become self-reliant and to protect the official status of

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. Finally, the delegates were to petition the king, if they were unsuccessful in the parliament, to grant Croatia the same autonomy in decision-making as enjoyed by

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. Bužan advocated keeping Latin as the official language as defence of its state rights rather than defence of an

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, winning support of the Sabor on the issue. In 1835, 1839, and 1843, Bužan was reelected as a delegate to the Hungarian Diet where he spoke in defence of the

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– the Croatian national revival movement. He was appointed to was appointed to sit at the Royal Court Table in Zagreb on behalf of the Zagreb County in 1841, later presiding over the body since 1846. Following an appeal issued by

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Josip Jelačić Count Josip Jelačić von Bužim (16 October 180120 May 1859; also spelled ''Jellachich'', ''Jellačić'' or ''Jellasics''; ; ) was a Croatian lieutenant field marshal in the Imperial Austrian Army and politician. He was the Ban of Croatia betw ...

for contributions to help raise an army few months into the

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, Bužan was the first in the Sabor make a donation – by giving 300 forints. Later that year, Jelačić tasked Bužan, together with Josip Bunjevac, with securing control over the city of

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for Croatia. In 1850, following introduction of the

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, Bužan was appointed an advisor at the Supreme Court of Cassation (''Oberster Gerichts- und Kassationshof'') in Vienna. He was retired in 1862 and, later that year, he died in Črešnjevec near

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buzan, Herman People from Varaždin Habsburg Croats 1800 births 1862 deaths 19th-century Croatian people People from the Austrian Empire