Foreign Ministry of the Independent State of Croatia

Foreign Ministry of the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova Nezavisne Države Hrvatske) was a ministry of the Government of the Independent State of Croatia established on a provision on 24 June 1941. This provision also contained determinations of activity of this ministry.[1]

Foreign Ministry of the Independent State of Croatia
Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova Nezavisne Države Hrvatske
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Formed24 June 1941 (1941-06-24)
Dissolved8 May 1945
JurisdictionGovernment of the Independent State of Croatia
HeadquartersZagreb, Independent State of Croatia
Child agencies

Members of the ministry were chosen in 1941, while most of changes of membership occurred in 1943 with smaller changes in 1944.[1]

Activity

The Foreign Ministry was assigned for all foreign affairs, establishment of agencies aboard, relationship with foreign countries, protection of Croatian interests and its citizens, collecting of political structure and its elaboration, collecting of print data, supervision of information offices, radio stations and press, supervision of the Report Office of the Ministry, tracking of the development of international law, cooperation at conclusion of international contracts, making powers for the signing of international treaties, saving of international contracts and documents, cultural cooperation with foreign countries, visa, international traffic and passengers, immigration and emigration, honor consulates and foreign consular representatives. Territorial jurisdiction of the Foreign Ministry also included Croatian consular offices aboard (embassies and consulates, general consulates, consular offices, social offices, trade delegations, etc.).[1]

Foreign Ministers
No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term start Term end Notes
1Ante Pavelić
(1889–1956)		16 April 19419 June 1941
2Mladen Lorković
(1909–1945)		9 June 194123 April 1943
3Mile Budak
(1889–1945)		23 April 19435 November 1943
4Stijepo Perić
(1896–1954)		5 November 194328 April 1944
5Mladen Lorković
(1909–1945)		28 April 19445 May 1944
6Mehmed Alajbegović
(1889–1945)		5 May 19448 May 1945

References
  1. "Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova NDH" (in Croatian). ARHiNET. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
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