Juraj Rukavina Vidovgradski (politician)

Baron Juraj (Gjuro) Rukavina Vidovgradski (4 February 1834 – 30 December 1915) was a Croatian politician and soldier. He was born in the Trnovec Manor near Krapinske Toplice to Alfred,[1] deputy Varaždin County prefect in Sveti Križ Začretje as one of eight siblings. His grandfather was General of the Artillery Juraj Rukavina Vidovgradski.[2] He attended school in Varaždin before enroling in and graduating from the Theresian Military Academy. He served in the military, rising to the rank of Oberleutnant. Rukavina left the service by 1861 when he met Ante Starčević, the leader and founder of the Party of Rights. Rukavina became a party member and was elected on the party ticket to the Sabor of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. He also became the president of the Club of the Party of Rights, a leading body of the party, while Starčević retained the overall leadership of the party.[3] Rukavina was the leader of the party members from his native region of Hrvatsko Zagorje. He left the party in 1895 following a conflict with Josip Frank, but he became member once again after Frank and his faction split from the party to form the Pure Party of Rights.[4] Rukavina died in 1915, survived by son Amon.[1]

Juraj (Gjuro) Rukavina Vidovgradski
Born(1834-02-04)4 February 1834
Trnovec Manor, Krapinske Toplice, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire
(now Croatia)
Died30 December 1915(1915-12-30) (aged 81)
Alma materTheresian Military Academy
Occupation(s)Soldier, politician
Political partyParty of Rights
RelativesJuraj Rukavina Vidovgradski

In 1873, Rukavina became the president of the First Reading-Room in Zlatar.[3]

References
  1. Nadilo, Branko (2004). "Utvrda u središnjem dijelu Ivanščice i druga graditeljska baština" [Fortress in the Central Area of Ivanščica and Other Architectural Heritage] (PDF). Građevinar (in Croatian). Zagreb: Croatian Society of Civil Engineers. 56 (1): 39. ISSN 1333-9095.
  2. Ljubović, Enver (2004). "Bunjevačka plemićka i časnička obitelj Rukavina" [Bunjevci Noble and Officer's Family Rukavina]. Senjski Zbornik: Prilozi Za Geografiju, Etnologiju, Gospodarstvo, Povijest I Kulturu (in Croatian). Senj: Senj City Museum and Senj Museum Society. 31 (1): 52–53. ISSN 0582-673X.
  3. Grijak, Zoran; Ščapec, Andreja (2013). "Odnos biskupa Josipa Jurja Strossmayera i Tadije Smičiklasa u Smičiklasovim pismima (1884.-1904.)" [The Relationship of Bishop Strossmayer and Tadija Smičiklas in the Letters of Smičiklas (1884–1904)]. Scrinia Slavonica: Godišnjak Podružnice za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i Baranje Hrvatskog instituta za povijes (in Croatian). Slavonski Brod: Hrvatski institut za povijest - Podružnica za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i Baranje. 13 (1): 63. ISSN 1332-4853.
  4. Trutanić, Jure (2021). "David Starčević u raskolu Stranke prava 1895" [David Starčević and the 1895 Schism in the Party of Right]. Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (in Croatian). Zagreb: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. 53 (2): 179–204. doi:10.17234/RadoviZHP.53.21 (inactive 2023-08-06). ISSN 0353-295X.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link)
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