Arhivski vjesnik, No. 45, 2002.
Professional paper
The Role of the Republic Ministries in the Government of the People's Republic of Croatia (1945-1953)
Ana Holjevac Tuković
Abstract
The government of the People's Republic of Croatia must be viewed in the context of the Government of the People's Republic of Yugoslavia. The major features, which determined the form and the manner of government, go back to the time of war, to the formation of the highest political and representative body of Yugoslavia, the AVNOJ, and, in accordance with that, with the formation of the representative bodies of individual peoples and the formation of ZAVNOH in Croatia. With the formation of the Government of Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia after the war, the state government started to gain shape. Although, according to the Constitution, Yugoslavia was formally defined as a democratic country, a strong central system of government was introduced, according to the Soviet model. The Government was designed in accordance with the strict hierarchical organization and all power was concentrated at the federal level. The Government of the People's Republic of Croatia as well as all her governing bodies only existed to follow the directions and orders of the Federal Government. Federal Constitution of 1946 officially defined the Constitution of the People's Republic of Croatia (1947), as well as the number and organization of governing bodies. The fundamental characteristics of this administrative-centralistic manner of government was a strict hierarchical organization of bodies of state as well as the constant growth of state administration and the enlargement of the governing bodies. Ministries, as bodies within the Government of the People's Republic of Croatia were established in 1945 and ceased to exist during the early fifties.
Keywords
Ministries of the People's Republic of Croatia; administrative history
Hrčak ID:
9047
URI
Publication date:
1.4.2003.
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