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July 14, 1889 – December 28, 1959
Ante Pavelić (14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who led the fascist Ustaše movement and served as the dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from 1941 to 1945, a Nazi German and Fascist Italian puppet state during World War II. His regime was responsible for the persecution and mass murder of Serbs, Jews, Roma, and political opponents as part of the Holocaust and broader genocidal policies in the Balkans. After the war, Pavelić fled Europe…
