VIKTOR RUŽIĆ (1893-1976) AS PARTICIPANT IN STATE AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

PhD. Viktor Ružić was a member of distinguish Croatian family from Rijeka/Sušak who were supporters of The Croatian Party of Rights. Fundament of research is Ružić’s text My memories he wrote down in 1968 and which contributes to make picture upon his person, state and legal events he participated. His adolescence was marked out by struggle against “hungarisation”, arrival of Frano Supilo, The Rijeka Declaration in 1905 and emergence of The Croato-Serbian Coalition. He joined politics in 1918 becoming member of The National Council of Slovenians, Croats and Serbs. During Italian occupation of Rijeka and
Sušak (1918-1923/1924) he was warning upon acts of Italian irredenta and problems of establishing administration of The Kingdom of SHS, particularly implementation of districts that erased collision between Croatian politicians and centralised regime in Belgrade. Notes about election in Sušak during third decade of 20th century are important. PhD Ružić passed through his political zenith during fourth decade of
century when je hold governor’s position (ban) of The Banovina Savska and minister of justice in government of PhD Milan Stojadinović. After military defeat of The Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1941, during the Italian occupation/annexion Ružić has been internmented in Italy and during German military government 1943-1945 he was helping inhabitants of Sušak with group of civil politicians, but he hadn’t joined anti fasict movement leaded by communists. Therefore, opponents of polyparty system and pluralism of opinion eliminated PhD Ružić from public life in a show trial 1945.