Živko Topalović was a Yugoslav

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 socialist politician. Topalović became a leading figure in the Socialist Party of Yugoslavia

Socialist Party of Yugoslavia

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, founded in 1921.

Topalović represented Yugoslavia in the executive of the Labour and Socialist International

Labour and Socialist International

The Labour and Socialist International was an international organization of socialist and labour parties, active between 1923 and 1940. The LSI was a forerunner of the present-day Socialist International....

 between May 1923 and January 1929. He shared his seat with the Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n socialist leader Yanko Sakazov

Yanko Sakazov

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 until August 1925, then sharing it with Bolesław Drobner

Bolesław Drobner

Bolesław Drobner was a Polish politician. Member of the Polish Socialist Party, he supported cooperation with the communists...

 of the Independent Socialist Labour Party

Independent Socialist Labour Party

The Independent Socialist Labour Party was a political party in Poland. The party was founded on March 12, 1922 in Krakow. Initially the party bore the name Party of Independent Socialists . Bolesław Drobner was the chairman of the party...

 of Poland

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 until June 1928 and from June 1928 to January 1929 with Joseph Kruk

Joseph Kruk

Joseph Kruk was a Polish Jewish socialist politician.Kruk took part in founding the first labour Zionist grouping in his hometown Częstochowa prior to the Russian Revolution of 1905. When the revolution broke out, he was a major leader of the territorialist Zionist Socialist Workers Party in the...

.

He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School

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. During the Second World War, Topalović became a close associate with the Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović

Draža Mihailovic

Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...

. Topalović became the president of the Ba congress assembled by Mihailović.