Ante Vokić
| Ante Vokić | |
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| Minister of Traffic of the Independent State of Croatia | |
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In office 11 October 1943 – 29 January 1944 |
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| Prime Minister | Nikola Mandić |
| Preceded by | Hilmija Bešlagić |
| Succeeded by | Jozo Dumandžić |
| Minister of Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia | |
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In office 29 January 1944 – 30 August 1944 |
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| Prime Minister | Nikola Mandić |
| Preceded by | Miroslav Navratil |
| Succeeded by | Nikola Steinfl |
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| Born | 23 August 1909 Mostar, Austria-Hungary |
| Died |
30 May 1945 (aged 35) Lepoglava prison, Croatia |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Political party | Ustaše movement |
| Spouse(s) | Dragica Vokić |
| Profession | Soldier, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Croatia |
| Service/branch | Ustaše Army |
| Rank | Krilnik |
| Commands | Ustaše Traffic Brigades Domobranstvo Ustaše Army |
Ante Vokić (23 August 1909 – 8 May 1945) was a Croatian/Ustaše politician, general, and putschist. He was the Minister of Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia from 29 January to 30 August 1944, succeeding Miroslav Navratil.
Vokić was born in Mostar on 23 August 1909. He attended a gymnasium in Sarajevo and studied Law at University of Zagreb. He ended his studies in 1929 and started working in the train service in Sarajevo. He co-founded the Croatian Academic Club "Kranjčević" and the newspaper Svijest (Consciousness) and participated in the HKD Napredak.
Before the establishment of the Croatian state, Vokić was a member of the Ustaše branch in Zagreb. On 11 April 1941, by order of Slavko Kvaternik, he was sent to serve at the Headquarters of Ustaška Nadzorna Služba (Ustasha Surveillance Service), whose main task was "to lead the existing Ustaša combat formations, form and build up further formations". Later that year he was appointed Director of Train Services in Sarajevo. He was an organising commander of all Traffic Ustaša brigades. An associate of Jure Francetić, he was a founding member of Crna Legija (Black Legion). In 1943 he left Sarajevo and moved to Zagreb, and on 11 October of that year he was appointed Minister of Traffic.
At the suggestion of Mladen Lorković, he was promoted to the Ustaše rank of colonel and named Minister of Armed Forces on 29 January 1944, without the approval of German ambassador Siegfried Kasche and German military attache Edmund Glaise von Horstenau. On 13 July 1944 Ante Pavelić promoted him to the highest rank, that of Krilnik (Brigadier General). He became a close associate and friend of Mladen Lorković. Lorković introduced him to Baroness Vraniczany and Baroness Zlata Lubienski, members of high society, who later became his good friends. At the beginning of August 1944, he stood as best man in the marriage of Lorković to Countess Nada Von Ghyczy.
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