Dr. Pero Magdić i razvoj “modernoga pravaštva” u Varaždinu (1895. – 1905.)
Dr Pero Magdić and the Development of “Modern rightism” in Varaždin (1895 –1905)

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the life and work of Dr Pero Magdić (1863 – 1922), a lawyer and politician who accepted the Party of Right’s ideology at the time when “Modern Rightism” was being created and developed in Varaždin, as well as his support for the “New Course” policy and the creation of the Croat- Serb Coalition. In addition, this work presents the socio-political situation in northwest Croatia on the turn of the 20th century. The first part of the text describes the social conditions of the rise of Rightism in Varaždin in the mid-1880s as a result of the discontent of the citizens of Varaždin with the slow modernisation of their region, which made it a peripheral part of the national and Central European space. The second part examines the effects of Khuen’s growing autocracy on the ranks of his opposition, the echoes of the split in the Party of Right in Varaždin, and the reasons for Magdić’s alignment with Folnegović’s faction. The third part analyses the beginnings of the renewed affirmation of the opposition in Varaždin (1898 – 1905), in which Magdić played a key part. The events in Varaždin in 1903 confirmed him as one of the leaders of the opposition (but not the Pure Party of Right). His support for the Rijeka Resolution and the “New Course” policy allowed him to become a member of the Croatian Parliament on the list of the Croat-Serb Coalition in 1906 and to hold various important political offices, e.g. that of Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (two mandates; 1908 – 1910 and 1913 – 1918), Croatian representative at the Hungarian-Croatian Parliament in Budapest, and Mayor of Varaždin (1910, 1914 – 1918).

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