Vjekoslav Spinčić was a Croatian politician from Istria

Istria

Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...

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After studying theology in Gorica

Gorica

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 and Trieste

Trieste

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, he was ordained a priest in 1872. Afterwards, he continued studies in history and geography in Prague

Prague

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 and Vienna

Vienna

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. He worked as a teacher in Koper, and later in Gorica, where he was fired in 1892 after saying Istria belongs to Croatia

Croatia

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 while in Zagreb

Zagreb

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Along with Matko Mandić and Matko Laginja

Matko Laginja

Matko Laginja , was a Croatian lawyer and politician.He earned a doctorate in law in Graz...

, he was one of the most influential Croatian politicians in Istria at the time, a member of the Party of Rights

Party of Rights (1861–1929)

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. He served in the Imperial Council multiple times. At the Unveiling of the Gundulić monument

Unveiling of the Gundulic monument

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 in Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

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, Spinčić arrived as the highest ranking Croatian politician from Istria and laid a wreath as its representative.

In 1908, he refused to recognize the agreement between the Croatian-Slovenian Peoples' Parties with the Italian Liberal Party about the overhaul of politics in Istria. Spinčić was a long-time president of the Society of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Istria. He left politics after the annex of Istria to Italy in 1920. After this, he moved to the Croatian town of Sušak in the then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where he died.

Works:

• "Slavensko bogoslužje u Istri"
• "Narodni preporod u Istri"