Koloman Bedeković was a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1868–1871 and between 1876–1889. He had significant role in the creation of Croatian-Hungarian Agreement. In 1871 he was appointed Ban of Croatia-Slavonia.

Bedeković was the leader of the Croatian Unionist Party

Unionist Party

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 and fought against his country's independence. As ban he called parliamentary elections in 1871. The People's Party emerged victorious, causing Bedeković to prorogue the Croatian Parliament three times to prevent it from taking power. Dissatisfaction with the obstruction of parliament led to the Rakovica Revolt

Rakovica Revolt

The Rakovica Revolt was a revolt against Austria-Hungary aiming to establish an independent Croatian state. The revolt was named after Rakovica, where it initially took place in October 1871. The revolt ended in defeat for Croatian rebels.-Preparations:...

. Early elections were subsequently called for 1872. The failure of Bedeković to convene the previous parliament resulted in him being removed from the post of ban and replaced with the first non-noble ban, Ivan Mažuranić

Ivan Mažuranic

Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

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