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| '''Džafer Kulenović''', often referred to as '''Džafer-] Kulenović''' (17 February 1891 - 3 October 1956) was a ] politician who served as the Vice President of the ] and leader of the ] in the ]. | '''Džafer Kulenović''', often referred to as '''Džafer-] Kulenović''' (17 February 1891 - 3 October 1956) was a ] politician who served as the Vice President of the ] and leader of the ] in the ]. | ||
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==Early life== | ||
| Kulenović was born in ] near ]. He attended a ] in ] and ], and he was expelled from school just a two months before graduation, as he clashed the Serbian nationalist students; because of that he went to school in ] and graduated there in 1909. In the same year he entered the ], but because of bad health he went to ] and graduated there. Even in Vienna, Kulenović was active among the Viennese ]' youth organization called the "''Svijest''" (The Awareness) and was elected its president. | |||
| Kulenović was born in ] on February 17, 1891. | |||
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| He served as president of the ], the largest Bosnian Muslim {{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} political party at the time, following the death of Dr. ] in 1939. He was a minister in the ]'s government before the Second World War. | |||
| In 1919, after the ] was established, Kulenović joined the ], a political party of ]. At every election held in Yugoslavia, he was elected to the ] as representative of the ] municipality. When the ] was voted, his party ordered to all its members of the National Assembly to support the new constitution, however, Kulenović boycoted the voting as he was against the Constitution and thus didn't violated his party's orders. In 1921 he protested to the Assembly for massacre of 200 Muslims carried out by ] in ] region. When his party divided into the Centralist (pro-Serb) and the Authonomist list, Kulenović supporetd the Authonomists. On the 1923 election, the Authonomists defeated the pro-Serbian fraction of the YMO. Kulenović was also among those who made the Sarajevan Punctations, in which the YMO condemns the ] policy over the Bosnia and Herzegovina and demands Bosnian self-managment. After ], the President of the YMO, died, Kulenović was elected the new president on 29 June 1939. When he took the leadership, the YMO was in a coalition called the ] (YRU); the coalition was led by ]. The YMO's membership in the YRU threatened to its exsitstance, while Kulenović tried to save the party. His actions led to cleft in the YRU. At the time, Kulenović stated: | |||
| {{citation|Gentlemen, I am a Croat and Croatian nationalist... And not only that I am a Croat and Croatian nationalist, but the Bosnian Muslims are, as a whole, Croats and part of the Croatian nation.}} | |||
| He became the vice-president of the ] (NDH) on November 7, 1941 and held the position to war's end. He had actually succeeded his older brother ] in this position. At the end of the war he withdrew to Austria. He was apprehended by British forces and sent to their detention centre ] on May 17. He arrived one day after a group of NDH government officials had been ], which likely spared him from being extradited himself. | He became the vice-president of the ] (NDH) on November 7, 1941 and held the position to war's end. He had actually succeeded his older brother ] in this position. At the end of the war he withdrew to Austria. He was apprehended by British forces and sent to their detention centre ] on May 17. He arrived one day after a group of NDH government officials had been ], which likely spared him from being extradited himself. | ||
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| BegDžafer Kulenović | |
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| 2nd Vice President of the Government of the Independent State of Croatia | |
| In office 7 November 1941 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Nikola Mandić (since 1943) |
| Leader | Ante Pavelić |
| Preceded by | Osman Kulenović |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Forestry and Mining | |
| In office 26 August 1939 – 27 March 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Dragiša Cvetković |
| Preceded by | Ljubomir Pantić |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1891 Rajinovci, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 3 October 1956(1956-10-03) (aged 65) Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Political party | Croatian Liberation Movement |
Džafer Kulenović, often referred to as Džafer-beg Kulenović (17 February 1891 - 3 October 1956) was a Croatian politician who served as the Vice President of the Government of the Independent State of Croatia and leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Early life
Kulenović was born in Rajinovci near Kulen Vakuf. He attended a gymnasium in Sarajevo and Tuzla, and he was expelled from school just a two months before graduation, as he clashed the Serbian nationalist students; because of that he went to school in Mostar and graduated there in 1909. In the same year he entered the University of Vienna, but because of bad health he went to Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb and graduated there. Even in Vienna, Kulenović was active among the Viennese Party of Rights' youth organization called the "Svijest" (The Awareness) and was elected its president.
Yugoslav Muslim Organization
In 1919, after the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was established, Kulenović joined the Yugoslav Muslim Organization, a political party of Bosnian Muslims. At every election held in Yugoslavia, he was elected to the National Assembly as representative of the Brčko municipality. When the Vidovdan Constitution was voted, his party ordered to all its members of the National Assembly to support the new constitution, however, Kulenović boycoted the voting as he was against the Constitution and thus didn't violated his party's orders. In 1921 he protested to the Assembly for massacre of 200 Muslims carried out by Chetniks in Sandžak region. When his party divided into the Centralist (pro-Serb) and the Authonomist list, Kulenović supporetd the Authonomists. On the 1923 election, the Authonomists defeated the pro-Serbian fraction of the YMO. Kulenović was also among those who made the Sarajevan Punctations, in which the YMO condemns the Serbian nationalist policy over the Bosnia and Herzegovina and demands Bosnian self-managment. After Mehmed Spaho, the President of the YMO, died, Kulenović was elected the new president on 29 June 1939. When he took the leadership, the YMO was in a coalition called the Yugoslav Radical Union (YRU); the coalition was led by Milan Stojadinović. The YMO's membership in the YRU threatened to its exsitstance, while Kulenović tried to save the party. His actions led to cleft in the YRU. At the time, Kulenović stated:
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He became the vice-president of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) on November 7, 1941 and held the position to war's end. He had actually succeeded his older brother Osman Kulenović in this position. At the end of the war he withdrew to Austria. He was apprehended by British forces and sent to their detention centre at Spittal an der Drau on May 17. He arrived one day after a group of NDH government officials had been sent back to Yugoslavia, which likely spared him from being extradited himself.
Kulenović later immigrated to Syria. He lived there until his death on October 3, 1956 in Damascus. While in Syria, the Croats in Argentina published a collection of his journalistic writings. In 1950, the Croat Muslim Community in Chicago published a speech he wrote for the Muslim Congress following World War II in Lahore, Pakistan. This twenty-two page pamphlet entitled "A Message of Croat Muslims to Their Religious Brethren in the World" detailed Serb aggression against Croats of Islamic faith and promoted the idea of Croat unity.
Only a few months before his death, the Croatian Liberation Movement was formed, with Dr. Kulenović being one of the founders and signatories.
Legacy
His son Nahid Kulenović continued working with this Movement, but was assassinated by the Yugoslavia secret police, UDBA, in Munich.
His grandson Džafer Kulenović is now one of the main Croatian Muslim leaders in North America, having served as the Vice President of the Congress of North American Bosniaks (2002-2009) the largest Bosniak organization in the USA, President of the Islamic Cultural Center in Northbrook, Illinois (2004-2009) (the oldest Croat mosque in North America), and as a member of the Governing Board of the Democratic Action Party (SDA) in Sarajevo (2001-2009). He currently serves as President and CEO of Crescent Bancshares, a new bank venture being developed in the Chicago area catering to the Southeastern European and South Asian communities with a specialty in Islamic Banking.
References
- “Exiles Speak of Yugoslav Death List.” The Times of London. July 2, 1969.
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkulenovic
| Cabinet of Dragiša Cvetković II | |
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| Prime Minister | Dragiša Cvetković |
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