Vladimir Nazor
| Vladimir Nazor | |
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| President of the ZAVNOH | |
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In office 3 June 1943 – 21 July 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Speaker of Parliament) |
| 1st Speaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
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In office 21 July 1945 – 26 February 1946 |
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| Prime Minister |
Pavle Gregorić (as Minister for Croatia) Vladimir Bakarić |
| Preceded by | Himself (as President of the ZAVNOH) |
| Succeeded by | Zlatan Sremec |
| 1st President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament | |
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In office 26 February 1946 – 19 June 1949 |
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| Prime Minister | Vladimir Bakarić |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Speaker of Parliament) |
| Succeeded by | Karlo-Gašpar Mrazović |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 May 1876 Postira (Brač), Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 19 June 1949 (aged 73) Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Political party |
Unitary National Liberation Front (1942–45) National Front (1945–49) |
| Alma mater |
University of Zagreb University of Graz |
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^a The President of the ZAVNOH (the wartime deliberative council) formally held the position of head of state. ^b The President of the Presidium of the Parliament was the office of the head of state, the Speaker of Parliament was a separate office. |
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Vladimir Nazor (30 May 1876 – 19 June 1949) was a Croatian poet and politician who served as the first President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian head of state), and first Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.
Nazor began his political career as the head of the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Croatia (ZAVNOH), the provisional Croatian World War II deliberative assembly, moving on to head the first post-war Croatian National Parliament (Narodni Sabor). In that post, he was by law concurrently the first (non-monarchical) head of state of Croatia in general, and the first head of state of the current Croatian republic. His position carried little real political power, which was instead invested in the office of the Prime Minister and (informally) with the Secretary of the Communist Party of Croatia.
Nazor is however most remembered as a well-known poet, writer, translator, and humanist. Although he was not an active politician until 1941, he had a significant political influence through ethical aspects of his work during prewar Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Nazor's early work paralleled the rise of the Young Croatian literary movement. He acquired much literary popularity in Croatia writing about folk legends and stories. The tale Big Joseph (Veli Jože) (1908) is still popular: it features a helpful and kind hearted giant named Jože, living in the area around the town of Motovun (Inner Istria). His verses in Hrvatski kraljevi (Croatian Kings) (1912) established him as the great patriot poet in Croatia. Istrian Tales (Istarske priče) (1913) revealed his storytelling skill and mastery. By illuminating the personality of the South Slavs through tales of Croatia, he contributed a great deal in creating the Yugoslav national consciousness.
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