Anton Vratuša (born Vratussa Antal;[2][3][A] 21 February 1915 – 30 July 2017) was a Slovenian politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1978 to 1980, and Yugoslavia's ambassador to the United Nations.[4]
Anton Vratuša | |
|---|---|
 Anton Vratuša (2009) | |
| President of the Executive Council of Slovenia | |
| In office 9 May 1978 – July 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Andrej Marinc |
| Succeeded by | Janez Zemljarič |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1915 Alsócsalogány, Austria-Hungary (today Dolnji Slaveči, Slovenia) |
| Died | 30 July 2017 (aged 102)[1] Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Nationality | Slovene |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana |
| Civilian awards | Order of Merits for the People (I rank)Order of Brotherhood and Unity (II rank) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yugoslavia |
| Branch/service | Yugoslav Partisans |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Commands | Rab battalion |
| Battles/wars | World War II in Yugoslavia |
| Military awards | Order of the Partisan Star (II rank)Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941 |
Life
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Vratuša was born in Alsócsalogány, Austria-Hungary, today Dolnji Slaveči, Slovenia. His parents were Antal Vratussa and Anna Bokán.[5][6] He passed the exam for becoming a teacher of stenography. He defended his dissertation in Slavic studies at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana in 1941.
After the outbreak of the World War II in Yugoslavia, Vratuša joined the Yugoslav Partisans, but was interned in the Italian concentration camps at Gonars, Treviso, Padova, and Rab from February 1942 to September 1943.[7] After the concentration camp at Rab was liberated by the Partisans, Vratuša was named deputy commander of their Rab battalion, made up of camp survivors.[7] He was also the head of the Yugoslav Partisans' delegation at the National Liberation Committee, the Italian Partisans' underground political entity during the German occupation of Italy in the last years of World War II.[8]
After the war, he pursued an academic and diplomatic career. He was chief of staff to Edvard Kardelj (1953–1965) and Yugoslavia's ambassador to the United Nations (1967–1969).[7] From April 1978 to July 1980, he was the prime minister of the Yugoslav Socialist Republic of Slovenia. He was also a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[4]
He helped found the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises, formerly known as the International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, and he later served as the honorary president of its council.[4]
Publications
editVratuša's published works include The Commune in Yugoslavia (1965) and Prospects of the Non-Aligned Movement (1981).[9] From 1985 until 1988, he wrote various UN publications, especially in the fields of the law of the sea and politics in developing countries.[4]
Death
editReferences
edit- ^ This is a Hungarian name; "Vratussa" is the surname.
- ^ "V 103. letu starosti se je poslovil akademik in politik Anton Vratuša".
- ^ Vilko Novak (2004) (in Slovene, Hungarian). Zgodovina iz spomina/Történelem emlékezetből. [History From Memory]. Založba ZRC. Ljubljana. 2004, p. 99. ISBN 961-6500-34-1.
- ^ Ivan Jerič (January 2001) (in Slovene). Zgodovina madžarizacije v Prekmurju. [History of Magyarisation in Prekmurje]. Murska Sobota. Pg. 15.
- ^ a b c d Anton Vratuša sazu.si
- ^ Születettek és házasultak nyakönyve, Vízlendva 1860–1935
- ^ Dervarič, Tadeja (April 2010). "Dr. Anton Vratuša" (PDF). Občina Grad: Informativno glasilo Občine Grad [Municipality of Grad: The Informative Bulletin of the Municipality of Grad] (in Slovenian). Vol. XI, no. 28. pp. 14–15. [permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c (in Slovene) Vratuša, Anton – Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, sazu.si]
- ^ "Text at vratusa.doc" (PDF) (in Slovenian). [permanent dead link]
- ^ Vratusa, Anton (1 January 1981). "Prospects of the Non-Aligned Movement". International Studies. 20 (1–2): 67–79. doi:10.1177/002088178102000106. S2CID 154214504.
- ^ Razlag, Dejan. "Umrl je priznani akademik, dr. Anton Vratuša".
- ^ "Umrl je Anton Vratuša". 30 July 2017.
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