Count Petar Pejačević of

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( Croatian: ''grof Petar Pejačević Virovitički'', Hungarian: ''verőczei gróf Péter Pejacsevich''; 20 February 1804 – 15 April 1887) was a

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n politician, who served as Hungarian Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the

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-Retfala branch of the Pejačević noble family. Pejačević studied law in the

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. In 1845 he was appointed prefect (

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) of

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. During the

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he didn't support the Croatians' independence war and didn't take part in the

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's work, which stood by

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. When

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became Ban of Croatia, Pejačević was appointed Minister of Croatian Affairs. After that he retired from the politics. His relatives from the

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branch of the family, count

Ladislav Pejačević Count Ladislav Pejačević of Virovitica (, , ; Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary 5 April 1824 – Našice, 7 April 1901) was a Croatian aristocrat and statesman, a member of the Pejačević noble family, remarkable and influential in the Kingdo ...

between 1880 and 1883, and Teodor Pejačević between 1903 and 1907, served as Bans (viceroys) of Croatia. Teodor was also Minister of Croatian Affairs later.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Petar Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People ...

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