Vicko Krstulović
Vicko Krstulović | |
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Vicko Krstulović during World War II. | |
| 3rd President of the Presidency of the Croatian Parliament[b] | |
| In office February 1952 – February 1953 | |
| Prime Minister | Vladimir Bakarić |
| Preceded by | Karlo Mrazović |
| Succeeded by | Zlatan Sremec (as Speaker of Parliament) |
| Minister of Internal Affairs of the People's Republic of Croatia | |
| In office April 1945 – January 1946 | |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office January 1946 – February 1951 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1905 Split, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 28 September 1988 (aged 83) Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav (ethnically Croat) |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1922–1988) |
| Awards | People's Hero of Yugoslavia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yugoslavia |
| Branch/service | Yugoslav Partisans |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commands | 9th Dalmatian Division |
| Battles/wars | Yugoslav Front |
| ^b The President of the Presidency of the Croatian Parliament was the office of the head of state, the Speaker of Parliament was a separate office. | |
Vicko Krstulović (27 April 1905 – 28 September 1988) was a Croatian Yugoslav communist revolutionary, the most prominent Partisan military commander from Dalmatia during World War II, and a post-war communist politician. He was an illegal communist activist during the 1920s and 1930s in Split at a time when communist sympathizers were brutally persecuted by the Yugoslav monarchy. As an officer in the Partisans during World War II, he was in charge of creating and organising the resistance movement in Dalmatia. In Communist Yugoslavia, he worked in various government offices and was remembered for his work and contribution to his native Split.