Beg Dr. Džafer Kulenović |
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2nd Vice President of the Government of the Independent State of Croatia | |
In office 7 November 1941 – 8 May 1945 |
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Prime Minister | Nikola Mandić (since 1943) |
Leader | Ante Pavelić |
Preceded by | Osman Kulenović |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Minister of Forestry and Mining | |
In office 26 August 1939 – 6 April 1941 |
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Prime Minister | Dragiša Cvetković (until 1941) Dušan Simović |
Preceded by | Ljubomir Pantić |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Minister Without Portfolio | |
In office 5 February 1939 – 26 August 1939 |
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Prime Minister | Dragiša Cvetković |
3rd President of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization | |
In office 29 June 1939 – 10 April 1941 |
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Preceded by | Mehmed Spaho |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Member of Senate | |
In office 6 January 1929 – 5 February 1939 |
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Prime Minister |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office December 1920 – 6 January 1929 |
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Prime Minister |
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Personal details | |
Born | 17 February 1891 Rajinovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 3 October 1956 Damascus, Syria |
(aged 65)
Nationality | Bosniak Muslim (later considered himself Croatian Muslim) |
Political party | Croatian Liberation Movement |
Relations | Osman Kulenović (brother) Nahid Kulenović (son) |
Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Dr. Džafer Kulenović (17 February 1891 – 3 October 1956), often referred to as Džafer-beg Kulenović, was a Yugoslav politician who led the Yugoslav Muslim Organization in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was briefly Minister of Forestry and Mining in the pre-war Yugoslav governments of Dragiša Cvetković and Dušan Simović. During World War II, he served as the Vice President of the Axis puppet state the Independent State of Croatia.
Džafer Kulenović was born to a Bosniak family in the village Rajinovci near Kulen Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary. He was the son of Muhamed-beg Kulenović and his wife Meleća. He had an older brother, Osman (1889–1947), a politician and lawyer. Kulenović attended gymnasium in Sarajevo and Tuzla, and he was expelled from school in 1905 just two months before graduation due to a clash with Serbian students; because of that he transferred to school in Mostar and graduated there in 1909. In the same year, he entered the University of Vienna, but because of health issues he went to Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb from which he graduated. Kulenović was active in Vienna's Party of Rights' youth organization of pro-Croat Muslims, Svijest (The Awareness), and was elected its president.