Vladko Maček (Jastrebarsko, June 20, 1879 - Washington D.C., May 15, 1964) was a Croatian politician.
After the murder of Stjepan Radić in 1928, Maček became chairman of the Croatian Farmers Party. He was a driven, but also peaceful opponent of the dictatorship of Alexander I of Yugoslavia. As a supporter of Croatia's independence, he was arrested several times and sentenced to imprisonment. After the death of Alexander I, Maček received grace.
Due to his good relations with Pavle Karađorđević, who was the reign of his country during the ministry of King Peter II, Maček obtained a far-reaching autonomy of Croatia as Banovina Hrvatska in 1939. His party then became the central Yugoslav government and Maček himself became Deputy Prime Minister.
In the run-up to German occupation of the country, Maček received the offer from the Germans to set up an independent Croatian state under his leadership. Maček rejected the offer and offered to act as an intermediary for peace talks between Yugoslavia and the Assassinations, but the Germans did not enter. After the occupation, Maček resigned as deputy prime minister and went back to Zagreb.
At the end of World War II, Maček refused to work with Tito's communist party. When in 1944 a government, also recognized by the West, Maček refused to recognize it. Shortly before the entry of the partisans in Zagreb, Maček flew to Paris and then settled in the United States.
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