Silvije Degen

Silvije Degen (b. June 15, 1942 in Bjelovar) is a Croatian lawyer and politician from Zagreb.

Silvije Degen, a native of Zagreb, in 1980s became one of the best known lawyers in Yugoslavia. This was due to his impeccable fashion sense and tendency to take high-profile criminal cases, best known being the trial of Andrija Artuković, whom he defended unsuccessfully.[1]

In the early 1990s Degen entered politics, becoming a leader of the Socialist Party of Croatia. As such, he made a minor upset in the Croatian presidential election, 1992, by finishing fifth with 108,979 or 4.07% of the vote.

References

  1. ^ "Što povezuje partizanskog krvnika Dubajića i ustaškog zločinca Artukovića" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 2009-04-11. http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/50032/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-11-25. "Odvjetnik Silvije Degen, član nekadašnjeg braniteljskog tima Andrije Artukovića [...]"