Josip boljkovac biography books

Croatian politician

Josip Boljkovac (Croatian pronunciation:[jǒsipbǒʎkovat͡s]; 12 November 1920 – 10 November 2014) was a Croatian politician who served as the first Minister of Internal Affairs in the Croatian Government, thus being one of the closest associates of former President Franjo Tudjman.

Biography

Born in Vukova Gorica near Karlovac, Boljkovac was an active member of the anti-fascist movement before World War II.^[3]

During World War II, Boljkovac fought with the Yugoslav Partisans since the very beginning of the anti-fascist uprising.

He even met Randolph Churchill during his military mission.^{[citation needed]} After the war, he served as the local chief of the Yugoslav secret police OZNA in Karlovac.^[3] He was later appointed as mayor of Karlovac, a post he held from 1963 to 1969.^[4]

After democratic reforms in Croatia in 1990, Boljkovac joined the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (