Dragiša Cvetković (15 January 1893, Niš

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 – February 18, 1969, Paris

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) was a Yugoslav

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 politician

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.

He served as the prime minister

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 of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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 from 1939 to 1941. He developed the federalization of Yugoslavia through the creation of the Banovina of Croatia

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 by an agreement with Croatia

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n leader Vladko Maček

Vladko Macek

Vladko Maček was a Croatian politician active within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the first half of the 20th century. He led the Croatian Peasant Party following the assassination of Stjepan Radić, and all through World War II.- Early life :Maček was born to a Slovene-Czech family in the village...

. See Cvetković-Maček Agreement

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 He left Serbia on September 4, 1944 for Bulgaria

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, and later to Turkey

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. He spent the rest of his life in Paris.

On September 25, 2009, the regional court in Cvetković's hometown of Niš

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Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...

rehabilitated him from charges laid against him by the Yugoslav government in 1945.