Original scientific paper
Anton Korošec and the Slovene-Croatian oppositions in Prekmurje
Katja PERŠAK
Abstract
Time after the World War I brought many changes to Prekmurje — a
territory subjected to the Hungarian State Law for many centuries.
Following the lengthy negotiations at the Paris peace conference it became
part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and thus, as became
evident in the future, an important part of the Yugoslav political scene. The
Slovene People’s Party, which in Prekmurje founded the Slovene Peasant
Union for Prekmurje, wanted to spread its political influence to the newly
gained province. The leader of the Slovene People’s Party, dr. Anton
Koroπec, the most important Slovene politician of the interwar period, was
very active in Prekmurje. Popularity of the party arose also due to the
politicians from Prekmurje: Jožef Klekl, Geza Šiftar and Ivan Jerič, all of
them being members of the National Assembly in Beograd. Despite
presumed cooperation and similar political programs the main opponent of
the Koroπec’s Party was the Croatian Republican Peasants Party, led by the
very popular leader Stjepan Radić. However, initial good election results of
his Party were stopped by his exclusion from the government in 1927.
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Publication date:
10.12.2009.
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