Party of Rights (1861–1929)
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Party of Rights
Stranka prava |
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| Leader | Ante Starčević |
| Founder |
Ante Starčević Eugen Kvaternik |
| Founded | 26 June 1861 |
| Dissolved | 6 January 1929 |
| Succeeded by |
UHRO (1929–1945) Croatian Party of Rights (1991–present) |
| Headquarters | Zagreb |
| Newspaper | Hrvatsko pravo (Croatian Right) |
| Ideology | Croatian nationalism Pluralism Monarchism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Slogan | Bog i Hrvati (God and the Croats) |
The Party of Rights (Croatian: Stranka prava), and its best known faction the Pure Party of Rights (Čista stranka prava), was an influential Croatian political party in the 19th and 20th centuries. The right or rights in the party's name refer to the idea of Croatian national and ethnic rights, which was central to the party's ideology. Numerous modern Croatian and Bosnian Croat political parties claim lineage from it.
The Party of Rights was founded on 26 June 1861 when Ante Starčević and Eugen Kvaternik first presented the policies of the "Party of Rights" to the Croatian Parliament. They called for greater Croatian autonomy and self-rule at a time when Croatia was divided into several crownlands within the Habsburg Monarchy.
In early October 1871, Kvaternik and several other Party members disavowed the official party position, which advocated a political solution, and instead launched the Rakovica Revolt. The rebels declared the following aims:
The rebels also sought to encourage participation of Orthodox Serbs in the revolt, and some of them did, but the uprising was soon crushed by the authorities. Most of the rebels were killed, including Kvaternik.
The Party ran in the Croatian parliamentary by-election, 1883 and the Croatian parliamentary election, 1884. In late 19th and early 20th century, the party underwent various changes in membership and policy, as different factions splintered and reconciled over time. These factions often clashed over who best represented Croatian state rights.
During the 1895 visit of Emperor Franz Joseph to Zagreb, a flag-burning incident happened, that was disavowed by the party leader Fran Folnegović. However, Ante Starčević disagreed, and he and his followers, notably Eugen Kumičić and Josip Frank (a Jewish convert to Catholicism), formed the first Pure Party of Rights (Croatian: Čista stranka prava). Starčević died in 1896, and was succeeded by Josip Frank under whose leadership the party became fixated on anti-Serb sentiment.
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