| Dr. Ivan Rikard Ivanović | |
|---|---|
| Elected Deputy for Osijek II | |
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| Born | 1880 Osijek, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 1949 Genoa, Italy |
Dr. Ivan Rikard Ivanović (1880–1949) was one of the founders of the Croatian National Progressive Party (NNS). As a member of the National Assembly of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes he helped to form the state of Yugoslavia.[1]
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Ivanovic was born 1880 in Osijek, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia), the son of Bettina and Ivan Ivanovic.[2] His father was the owner of a construction business in Osijek, and was responsible for erecting a number of buildings in his hometown, among which was the first steam-powered flour mill. After completing his early studies, he moved to Vienna where he became a Doctor of Law. In July 1912, to he married Milica Popović, the youngest sister of Dr. Dušan Popović, a leading Serb in Croatian political life. In 1929, Ivanović built an oil refinery in Osijek named "IPOIL" and in 1937 built the first aluminum factory in the Balkans known as "IVANAL" d.d. in the town of Lozovac.
In 1913, Ivanović was elected a member of the Croatian Parliament for the city of Osijek and later became a deputy in Croatia's Sabor. In 1918, as a member of the National Assembly of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes he helped to form the state. During the Second World War he was arrested and imprisoned for several times. His first factory, IPOIL, was confiscated by the state, and his second factory, IVANAL, was confiscated by Italian occupying forces. In 1946, the Communists accused him of being a "capitalist bourgeois" and in a plotted political process, the Supreme Court of Croatia in Zagreb (case No. K-645/45 of 9 January) condemned both him and his wife and confiscated all the property of the company, including all the immovables and factory buildings. Ivanović was stripped of his civil rights and sent to a forced labor camp. After being released, he fled to Italy where he died in Genoa in 1949 aged 69.
He and Milica Popovic had three children together, Ivan, Daška and Vladimir. He had a third son named Dimitar with his second wife Jelka Muačević. In 1948, his third wife, Štefica Kastelic, gave birth to his fourth son, Marko, who became his legal successor.[3]