Juro Adlešič (7 May 1884 – 29 September 1968) was a

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and

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. He was born in the village of

Adlešiči Adlešiči (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.) is a settlement on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Črnome ...

in the Slovene region of

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, then part of the

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. In 1918 he opened a legal office in

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. He joined the conservative Slovene People's Party, and served in the editorial board of the newspaper '' Slovenec''. In 1935 he became the mayor of

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. He stayed in office also after the

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annexation of south-central Slovenia during

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, but resigned in June 1942. He was replaced by

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. After World War Two, Adlešič decided to stay in the

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, unlike many prominent members of the Slovene People's Party, who escaped in fear of

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persecution. He was not subjected to any persecution by the new authorities. He died in Ljubljana in 1968.

References

*''Slovenski veliki leksikon'', Mladinska knjiga (2003) 1884 births 1968 deaths People from the Municipality of Črnomelj Slovene People's Party (historical) politicians Mayors of Ljubljana Mayors of places in Yugoslavia 20th-century Slovenian lawyers Yugoslav lawyers {{Slovenia-mayor-stub