Nikola Mandić

Nikola Mandić
2nd Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croatia
In office
2 September 1943  8 May 1945
PoglavnikAnte Pavelić
Preceded byAnte Pavelić
Succeeded byOffice abolished
4th President of the Diet of Bosnia
In office
1912  9 July 1914
Preceded bySafvet-beg Bašagić
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1869-01-20)20 January 1869
Travnik, Ottoman Empire
Died7 June 1945(1945-06-07) (aged 76)
Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
NationalityCroat
Political partyCroat People's Union
(1910–1919)
Croatian Popular Party
(1919–1929)
Ustaše
(1929–1945)
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Nikola Mandić (Croatian pronunciation: [nǐkola mǎnditɕ]; 20 January 1869 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and one of the leading political figures in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. He also served as a Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. He was executed by the Yugoslav Partisans as a war criminal on 7 June 1945.