predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place imagesize birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
nikola tomašić ivan skerlecz 31 january 1931 bjelovar , military frontier , austrian empire vienna , austria 160px 26 february 1851 ban of croatia-slavonia 19 january 1912 slavko cuvaj.jpg slavko cuvaj
 21 july 1913 slavko cuvaj de ivanska
slavko cuvaj

baron slavko cuvaj de ivanska -lrb- 26 february 1851 , bjelovar - 31 january 1931 , vienna -rrb- was a croatian politician who used to be the ban -lrb- viceroy -rrb- of croatia-slavonia and royal commissioner for austria-hungary .
he was appointed in january 1912 , when anti-habsburg sentiments were on the rise in croatia , often manifesting in sympathies for serbia and calls for creation of yugoslavia .
cuvaj tried to curb those trends by series of decrees directed at curbing press freedom , limiting rights of assembly and local autonomy .
this created backlash in the form of strikes and demonstrations , while some young radicals engaged in terrorism .
cuvaj himself was target of two assassination attempts in 1912 , the first being conducted by group including young august cesarec .
cuvaj was relieved from his post after second balkan war , receiving a title of baron for his services .
