Milan Kušević (also spelled Emil Kussevich, 9 September 1807 – 23 June 1887) was an officer of the Imperial Austrian Army. He was a member of the Croatian nobility, specifically the

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. His father was

Josip Kušević Josip Kušević (also spelled Joseph Kussevich, 23 May 1775 – 5 July 1846) was a Croatian politician and lawyer. He was the prothonotary of the Croatian realm and a member of the Croatian Parliament and the Diet of Hungary. As a politician, ...

. Kušević graduated from the

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in Vienna in 1825 and served in the 1st Engineering Regiment as a cadet. He was promoted to the rank of the second lieutenant in 1826, and an ''

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'' in 1830. Kušević served in the 7th Brod ''Grenzer'' regiment from 1831. The next year, he was promoted to

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and transferred to the 53rd Hungarian

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Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of

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in 1843. In 1846, Kušević transferred to the 2nd ''Grenzer'' Regiment of the

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in the rank of lieutenant colonel. Next he commanded the 27th Infantry Regiment in the rank of

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, taking part in the suppression of the Revolution of 1848–1849 in the Hungarian region of

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, earning the rank of major general. Kušević was appointed a member of the judicial council of the Austria's Supreme Military Court in 1850–1851. In 1852–1855, he was assigned to the 10th Army Corps and in 1856 he assumed command of a division headquartered in Zagreb. A year later, he was the second in command of forces in Croatia and

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. In 1857, he became the ''

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'' of the 77th Infantry Regiment, taking command based in

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. In 1863, he received the

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and the title of baron of Samobor a year later. In 1865, Kušević was appointed the Chancellor at the as the last person to hold the position. His policies contributed to removal of the Ban of Croatia

Josip Šokčević Baron Josip Šokčević (; 7 March 1811 – 16 November 1896), was a Croatian lieutenant marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army who served as the ban of Croatia and as the governor of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banat. Biography Early l ...

from the post of Ban of Croatia. In 1869, he was promoted to the rank of the

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, before retirement. He was subsequently appointed colonel, ''Inhaber'' of the 33rd Line Infantry Regiment.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kusevic, Milan Habsburg Croats 1807 births 1887 deaths 19th-century Croatian nobility