Famous People with Name Josip

Josip Kraš            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Kraš: was a Croatian communist and partisan who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.After the January 6, 1929 dictatorship was proclaimed in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the State Court for the Protection of the State in Belgrade sentenced him to five years in prison, which he served in Sremska Mitrovica. After he got out of prison, he was forced to live back home in Ivanec, and there he helped organize the miner strikes of 1936 and 1937, which resulted in higher salaries and better working conditions for the miners in the region.

Josip Manolic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Manolic: is a Croatian politician who one of the most important public figures in 1990s Croatia.In his youth during World War II, Manolic joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the Partisans. After the war, he became a high-ranking official of OZNA, and later UDBA. One of his duties was to supervise all political prisons in Croatia.

Josip Pankretic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Pankretic: was a Croatian politician. He was parliament representative and one of the leaders of HSS (Croatian Peasant Party) during the last decade of the 20th century.

Josip Juraj Strossmayer            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Juraj Strossmayer: was a Roman Catholic bishop, benefactor and a politician from Croatia.In 1860 he became the leader of the Croatian People's Party, Strossmayer's National Party was in favour of the unity of the Croatian and Serbian people only on condition that the Serbs eventually merge with the Croats.

Josip Kozarac            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Kozarac: was a Croatian writer.He wrote stories, plays and novels. In them he showed great ability to portray Slavonian peasants and expressed his displeasure over the decay of Slavonian economy and foreigners taking over Croatian national wealth. His most well-known work is his novel, Mrtvi kapitali.

Gejza Josipovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Gejza Josipovic: was a Croatian unionist politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1906–1910 and after a short period between 1910–1913. His father was Emerik Josipovic, who also served in this position. Gejza graduated in the Budapest University's Faculty of Law. He participated in the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1887 he became member of the Parliament of Croatia. After the Treaty of Trianon he lived in Hungary.

Ivo Josipovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Ivo Josipovic: is a Croatian politician, the third and current President of Croatia, having taken office in 2010. Josipovic entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH), and played a key role in the democratic transformation of this party as the author of the first statute of the SDP that replaced the SKH-SKJ. He left politics in 1994, but returned in 2003 as an independent Member of Parliament. In addition to politics, Josipovic has also worked as a university professor, legal expert, musician and composer. Josipovic entered the 2009–2010 presidential election as the official candidate of the SDP, which he had rejoined in 2008. In the first round he topped eleven rivals with 32.4% of the vote, and entered the second round with the independent candidate Milan Bandic who had secured 14.8%. He went from being almost unknown to the general public in Croatia to winning 60.26% in the final election. He campaigned for Nova Pravednost (New Justice), calling for a new social and legal framework to address the deep social injustices, corruption and organised crime. This includes the protection of individual rights and the promotion of such fundamental values as equality, human rights, LGBT rights, justice, diligence, social empathy and creativity.