Hinko Hinković

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Hinko Hinković (born Heinrich Moses; 11 September 1854 – 3 September 1929) was a Croatian lawyer, publisher and politician.

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Biography Hinković was born in Vinica on 11 September 1854 to a Croatian-Jewish family as Heinrich Moses. He was the member of Party of Rights, one of the closest associates of Ante Starčević and member of the Freemasonry Scottish Rite. Hinković was editor of the party paper "Sloboda" (Freedom). In November 1879, he published an article "Fiat lux!" in which he advocated a political rapprochement with the Serbs. In 1884, Hinković was elected as the Party of Rights representative in the Croatian Parliament. In the parliament, Hinković addressed King Franz Joseph I of Austria. He emphasised the sovereignty of the Croatian people, condemned the Austro-Hungarian dualism, argued to waive the legality of the Croatian-Hungarian Settlement, called for the unification of the lands of Croatia and Slavonia, Military Frontier, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Slovenia, protested against the excessive fortune and other abuses and condemned civil servants who turned into blind Hungarian government agitators and sowed discord among the Croats and Serbs. In 1886, he came into conflict with Starčević and later left the party. In 1905, Hinković was one of the founders of the Croat-Serb Coalition. In 1909, he was the defense attorney in the infamous Agram Trial. During…Citește mai mult