Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radić | |
|---|---|
Radić in the 1920s | |
| President of the Croatian People's Peasant Party | |
| In office 28 December 1904 – 8 August 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Vladko Maček |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 1 January 1921 – 8 August 1929 | |
| Minister of Education in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
| In office November 1925 – February 1927 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1871 Desno Trebarjevo, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (modern Croatia) |
| Died | 8 August 1928 (aged 57) Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (modern Croatia) |
| Resting place | Mirogoj cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia |
| Citizenship | Hungarian-Croatian (1871–1918) Yugoslav (1918–1928) |
| Political party | Croatian Peasant Party |
| Spouse |
Marija Dvořák (m. 1898) |
| Children | Milica (1899–1946) Miroslav (1901–1988) Vladimira (1906–1970) Branislava (1912–1983) |
| Relatives | Antun Radić (brother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Stjepan Radić (11 June 1871 – 8 August 1928) was a Croat politician and the co-founder of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (HPSS), active in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
He is credited with galvanizing Croatian peasantry into a viable political force. Throughout his entire career, Radić was opposed to the union and later Serb hegemony in Yugoslavia and became an important political figure in that country. He was shot in parliament by the Serbian People's Radical Party politician Puniša Račić. Radić died several weeks later from the serious stomach wound at the age of 57. This assassination further alienated the Croats and the Serbs and initiated the breakdown of the parliamentary system, culminating in the 6 January Dictatorship of 1929.