Frano Supilo
| Frano Supilo | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office May 1906 – October 1910 |
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| Born | 30 November 1870 Cavtat, Kingdom of Dalmatia (now Croatia) |
| Died | 25 September 1917 London, United Kingdom |
| Resting place | Dubrovnik City Hall, Croatia |
| Political party | Party of Rights |
| Other political affiliations |
Croat-Serb Coalition |
| Occupation | Politician, Journalist |
Frano Supilo (30 November 1870 – 25 September 1917) was a Croatian politician and journalist. He opposed the Austro-Hungarian domination of Europe prior to World War I. He participated in the debates leading to the formation of Yugoslavia as a member of the Yugoslav Committee. The author, R. A. Stradling, calls him "one of the most capable Croatian politicians ever."
Supilo was born in Cavtat on 30 November 1870.
He completed elementary education in Dubrovnik. He had to drop out of naval high school because of a lack of funds, and instead finished a two-year school of agriculture with Frano Gondola. He traveled around Dalmatian vineyards educating wine-growers on peronospora.
In 1890 he started work at Crvena Hrvatska ('Red Croatia') in Dubrovnik. It was a social/political paper based on the ideas of the Croatian Party of Rights and fighting for the unification of Dalmatia with Croatia.
Supilo played the main role in changing the public opinion, which expressed itself in several elections that brought down the Autonomous Party (pro-Italian) and Serbian coalition that had gained power in the municipality of Dubrovnik in the 1880s with the support of the Habsburg court, which followed the policy of divide et impera. He became one of the leaders of the Croatian Party of Rights in 1895. After the party split, he campaigned against Josip Frank.
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