A conciliator between the monarchy and the national liberation movement
In the November 1944 Belgrade talks, he accepted a coalition government and regency while leaving the monarchy for a postwar decision.
Ivan Šubašić was a Croat Yugoslav politician and lawyer who became the first head of the autonomous Banovina of Croatia before the war. As the balance shifted between the royal government-in-exile and Tito’s national liberation movement, he became the principal non-Communist intermediary between them. In 1944 he negotiated with Tito, accepted the authority of AVNOJ, and helped design a coalition government and regency while leaving the monarchy’s fate to a postwar decision.
Career Timeline
- 1918–1921Served with Yugoslav volunteers, then studied law
- 1920년대Opened a law practice in Vrbovsko
- 1938Elected to the Yugoslav National Assembly for the Croatian Peasant Party
- 1939–1941First Ban of the Banovina of Croatia
- 1944.06–11Prime Minister of the royal Yugoslav government-in-exile
- 1944.06Negotiated the Vis Agreement with Tito
- 1944.11Initialled the Belgrade Agreement, outlining a coalition government and regency
- 1945Foreign Minister in Tito’s government