Koloman Bedeković

Koloman Bedeković
Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
In office 8 December 1868 – 10 February 1871
Preceded by	post created
Succeeded by	Petar Pejačević
In office 25 February 1876 – 10 August 1889
Preceded by	Petar Pejačević
Succeeded by	Emerik Josipović
Ban of Croatia-Slavonia
In office 26 January 1871 – 12 February 1872
Preceded by	Levin Rauch
Succeeded by	Antun Vakanović
Personal details
Born	13 October 1818 Jalžabet, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire
Died	10 October 1889 (aged 70) Hinterbrühl, Austria-Hungary
Political party	Unionist Party
Profession	politician

Koloman Bedeković (Hungarian: Kálmán Bedekovich; 13 October 1818 – 10 August 1889) was a Croatian politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1868–1871 and between 1876–1889. He had significant role in the creation of Croatian-Hungarian Agreement. In 1871 he was appointed Ban of Croatia-Slavonia.

Bedeković was the leader of the Croatian Unionist Party and fought against his country's independence. As ban he called parliamentary elections in 1871. The People's Party emerged victorious, causing Bedeković to prorogue the Croatian Parliament three times to prevent it from taking power. Dissatisfaction with the obstruction of parliament led to the Rakovica Revolt. Early elections were subsequently called for 1872. The failure of Bedeković to convene the previous parliament resulted in him being removed from the post of ban and replaced with the first non-noble ban, Ivan Mažuranić.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon