Stijepo Perić
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Knight Stjepan "Stijepo" Perić |
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| 4th Foreign Minister of the Independent State of Croatia | |
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In office 5 November 1943 – 28 April 1944 |
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| Prime Minister | Nikola Mandić |
| Leader | Ante Pavelić |
| Preceded by | Mile Budak |
| Succeeded by | Mladen Lorković |
| Ambassador of the Independent State of Croatia to Bulgaria | |
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In office July 1943 – November 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Vladimir Židovec |
| Succeeded by | Đuro Jakčin |
| Ambassador of the Independent State of Croatia to Italy | |
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In office October 1941 – 8 April 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ante Nikšić |
| Personal details | |
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Stjepan Perić 12 October 1896 Broce, Ston, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 12 June 1954 (aged 57) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Ustaše |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Occupation | Diplomat, politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Stjepan "Stijepo" Perić (12 October 1896 – 12 June 1954) was a Croatian politician, diplomat and member of the Ustaše. After the creation of the Independent State of Croatia in April 1941, he served as ambassador to Italy and to Bulgaria, and then as Foreign Minister. He was forced to resign from his ministerial post in April 1944 after a string of incidents in which his attitude and behavior irritated senior Axis leaders, including Hitler and Mussolini.
Stijepo Perić was born in Broce near Ston in 1896. After elementary school, he attended gymnasium in Dubrovnik, Kotor and Split. In 1922 he gained his doctorate of law from the University of Zagreb. He then ran a law office in Dubrovnik. He started to cooperate with Ante Pavelić in 1928 when both of them joined the list of Split-Dubrovnik County of Croatian Bloc during the 1928 elections. Perić became radicalized by the implementation of the 6 January Dictatorship of Alexander I of Yugoslavia. In January 1933 he emigrated from Yugoslavia, living in Germany, Belgium and Italy. In the same year he joined the Ustaše and become Pavelić's adjutant in Main Ustaše Headquarters. After the assassination of King Alexander in Marseilles in 1934 he was detained for a short period. In 1937 he returned to Dalmatia where he was involved in organizing the Ustaše and kept in contact with Mile Budak.
At the end of October 1941 he was named Ambassador to Italy. Before he was sent to Rome, Perić requested that he be appointed as Ambassador to Spain, but his request was refused. In late December 1942, Perić was directed to lodge a strong protest with the Chief of the Italian Supreme Command (Comando Supremo), Marshal Ugo Cavallero, regarding the Italians use of Chetnik auxiliaries in the areas of the NDH that were occupied by Italy. The protest was ineffective, as the Italians continued to arm and supply the Chetniks.
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