Ante Nikšić
| Ante Nikšić | |
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| Croatian Ambassador to Italy | |
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In office April 1943 – December 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Stijepo Perić |
| 2nd Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia | |
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In office 10 October 1942 – 29 April 1943 |
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| Leader | Ante Pavelić |
| Preceded by | Andrija Artuković |
| Succeeded by | Andrija Artuković |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 June 1892 Gospić, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 28 January 1962 (aged 69) Pilar, Argentina |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Political party | Ustaše (until 1945) |
| Other political affiliations |
Party of Rights (until 1929) |
| Relations | Vittorio Ambrosio (son-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb University of Vienna |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ante Nikšić (8 June 1892 – 28 January 1962) was a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia between 1942 and 1943.
Nikšić was born in Gospić in Croatian region of Lika. He attended high school in Gospić. Nikšić studied law at the University of Vienna and at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb where he gained the title of doctor of law. As a student, he was member of the Party of Right's youth organization and was the president of "Kvaternik" club and of the students' support society. After he left university he worked as a judge in Gospić and Zagreb, and later worked as a lawyer in Vukovar. In Vukovar, he was an editor of local newspaper of the Croatian Union, and later the newspaper of the Croatian Bloc during the 1925 elections, after which he worked as a judge in such regions as Jastrebarsko, Ivanec and Karlovac, where he became President of the Karlovac Municipal Court and later President of the Judicial Table, a district court.
As a President of the Judicial Table, Nikšić saw the collapse of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and establishment of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). He was a member of the Ustaše organization even before the war. After the NDH was proclaimed,he helped to organize the new state institutions in Karlovac. Ante Pavelić, while he was on his way to Zagreb from Italy, stayed in Ante Nikšić's home for two days and there received the German envoy Edmund Veesenmayer and Benito Mussolini's envoy Filippo Anfuso.
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