Preceded by Office established Citizenship Yugoslav Name Ivan Ribar Children Ivo Lola Ribar | Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito Nationality Croat Role Politician | |
Preceded by Office established
King Peter II
(as King of Yugoslavia) Succeeded by Josip Broz Tito
(as President of Yugoslavia) Born 21 January 1881
Vukmanic, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary ( 1881-01-21 ) Died February 2, 1968, Zagreb, Croatia |
Naselje Ivan Ribar
Ivan Ribar ([ivan ribaːr]; 21 January 1881 - 2 February 1968) was a Yugoslav politician and soldier of Croatian descent. He was born in Vukmanic (part of Karlovac). He had a PhD in law.
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In politics, he was:
Ribar lost his entire family during World War II: his two sons, Jurica and Ivo, and his wife, Tonica. His sons fought for the Partisans against the Italian Fascists. Ivo Lola Ribar, his younger son, was in charge of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) during the war, and was proclaimed posthumously a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
Death
Ivan Ribar died in Zagreb in 1968, aged 87.
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