Mehmed Alajbegović
| Mehmed Alajbegović | |
|---|---|
| 5th Foreign Minister of the Independent State of Croatia | |
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In office 5 May 1944 – 6 May 1945 |
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| Prime Minister | Nikola Mandić |
| Leader | Ante Pavelić |
| Preceded by | Mladen Lorković |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 1st Minister of Welfare for Perished Lands | |
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In office 11 October 1943 – 5 May 1944 |
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| Leader | Ante Pavelić |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Meho Mehičić |
| Consul to the German Reich in Munich | |
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In office 24 January 1942 – 11 October 1943 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 May 1906 Bihać, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 7 June 1947 (aged 41) Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Ustaše |
| Alma mater |
University of Zagreb University of Algiers |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mehmed Alajbegović (7 May 1906 – 7 June 1947) was a Croatian politician, lawyer and a government minister of the Axis puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia. He was executed by Yugoslav authorities following the war.
Mehmed Alajbegović was born in Bihać on 7 May 1906, into a Bosniak family. Both his father and grandfather had been mayors of Bihać. Alajbegović finished elementary school and high school in the town and moved to Zagreb in 1928, where he studied law at the University of Zagreb. He received his doctorate in 1934. During his studies, he visited many foreign cities and spent a great deal of time in Paris, where he worked as a Croatian-language teacher. After receiving his doctorate, Alajbegović was named judge at the district court of Prozor. He went on to study Sharia law at the University of Algiers, from which he graduated in 1940. Beginning in 1938, he was also a judge and secretary at the Administrative Court of Zagreb. Alajbegović was one of the participants in establishment, member and a committeeman, of Društvo bosansko-hercegovačkih Hrvata u Zagrebu (Society of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Croats in Zagreb) which was established in March 1939.
Following the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH) in April 1941, Alajbegović left his role as professor of Islamic studies at the University of Zagreb and became a diplomat. In August 1941, he became a secretary in the NDH Foreign Ministry. On 27 January 1942, Alajbegović was named Consul to the German Reich in Munich. He held this position until 11 October 1943, when Poglavnik Ante Pavelić made him Minister of Welfare for Perished Lands. In this position, Alajbegović was responsible for securing more than 300,000 mostly Muslim refugees from various parts of the NDH. Most were fleeing Chetnik atrocities in eastern Bosnia, Herzegovina and Sandžak.
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