Ivan Maček

Ivan Maček, nom de guerre Matija (28 May 1908 – 10 July 1993), was a Yugoslav Communist politician from Slovenia. He served as the President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia from 1963 to 1967.

Ivan Maček
5th President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia
In office 1963–1967
Prime Minister	Viktor Avbelj Janko Smole Stane Kavčić
Preceded by	Miha Marinko
Succeeded by	Sergej Kraigher
Personal details
Born	(1908-05-28)28 May 1908 Spodnja Zadobrova, near Laibach, Austria-Hungary
Died	10 July 1993(1993-07-10) (aged 85) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality	Yugoslavia (Yugoslav)
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)

Early life

Maček was born in Spodnja Zadobrova near Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia). He became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1930. In 1935 was sent to the Soviet Union. He studied at the International Lenin School, Moscow. He returned to Yugoslavia in 1937. He became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist party of Slovenia. Yugoslav police detained him in 1938 and he was sentenced to four years in prison in Sremska Mitrovica.

Later life and death

After the war, Maček moved into a mansion that had been confiscated from the pharmacist Leo Bahovec Maček was minister of the interior and vice-president of the Slovene government (1945–1953), vice-president of the Executive council of PR Slovenia and a member of the Federal Executive Council (1953–1963) and also the President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia (1963–1967). He was also a deputy in the National and Federal Assembly. Maček died in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 10 July 1993 due to heart failure.

Awards

Maček was declared as the People's Hero of Yugoslavia in 1952.