Court rehabilitates WW2 prime minister

The Niš District Court has upheld a motion to rehabilitate former PM of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dragiša Cvetković (1893-1969), who signed the Tripartite Pact.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 25.09.2009.

15:35

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The Nis District Court has upheld a motion to rehabilitate former PM of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dragisa Cvetkovic (1893-1969), who signed the Tripartite Pact. The motion for rehabilitation was submitted by his descendants. Court rehabilitates WW2 prime minister The court thus quashed a decision by the State Commission for Establishing War Crimes by the Occupiers of September 15, 1945, where Cvetkovic was declared a war criminal. The court also quashed all legal consequences arising from the decision of the State Commission. In history, Cvetkovic was known as the signer of the Protocol of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s accession to the Tripartite Pact, at Belvedere Palace in Vienna, on March 25, 1941. Two days later, a coup d’etat toppled the government and saw the Prince Regent, Paul, sent into exile. Cvetkovic, who lived in Niska Banja during the German occupation and was arrested by the Germans several times, fled the country and lived in Paris after the war, where he defended the signing of the Tripartite Pact in several pamphlets, stating that the Axis powers had guaranteed Yugoslavia neutrality . He died in Paris in 1969 and is buried in the Serbian military cemetery at Thiais.

Court rehabilitates WW2 prime minister

The court thus quashed a decision by the State Commission for Establishing War Crimes by the Occupiers of September 15, 1945, where Cvetković was declared a war criminal.

The court also quashed all legal consequences arising from the decision of the State Commission.

In history, Cvetkovic was known as the signer of the Protocol of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s accession to the Tripartite Pact, at Belvedere Palace in Vienna, on March 25, 1941. Two days later, a coup d’etat toppled the government and saw the Prince Regent, Paul, sent into exile.

Cvetković, who lived in Niška Banja during the German occupation and was arrested by the Germans several times, fled the country and lived in Paris after the war, where he defended the signing of the Tripartite Pact in several pamphlets, stating that the Axis powers had guaranteed Yugoslavia neutrality .

He died in Paris in 1969 and is buried in the Serbian military cemetery at Thiais.

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