Teodor Pejačević

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Teodor Pejačević
Ban of Croatia-Slavonia
In office
1903–1907
Preceded by Károly Khuen-Héderváry
Succeeded by Aleksandar Rakodczay
Personal details
Born September 24, 1855
Našice, Austrian Empire
Died July 22, 1928
Vienna, Austria

Count Teodor Pejačević of Virovitica (September 24, 1855 – July 22, 1928) was a Croatian politician who served as Ban of Croatia-Slavonia between 1903 and 1907.

He was born in Našice as the eldest son of Ladislav Pejačević, a Ban of Croatia (1880–1883), and a member of Pejačević family.

He served as a long-term župan of Virovitica County.

At the beginning of the 20th century, he was faced with a new direction of Croatian policy marked by political alliance between Croats and Serbs in Austria-Hungary for mutual benefit. A Croat-Serb Coalition was formed in 1905 and it governed the Croatian lands from 1906 until the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy in 1918. As Pejačević supported the ruling Coalition in its resistance towards the Hungarian quest in 1907 to introduce the Hungarian language to be the official language on railways in Croatia, he was forced to resign.

He also took part as the Minister for Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia in the Hungarian Government from 1913 to 1917.

Pejačević died in Vienna. Among his children, the best known is his daughter Dora, a Croatian composer.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
Ban of Croatia-Slavonia
1903–1907
Succeeded by
Aleksandar Rakodczay
Preceded by
István Tisza
Minister of Croatian Affairs
1913–1916
Succeeded by
István Tisza


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