Boris Kidrič

Boris Kidrič (10 April 1912 – 11 April 1953) was a Slovene and Yugoslav politician and revolutionary who was one of the chief organizers of the Slovene Partisans, the Slovene resistance against occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy after Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. He became the de facto leader of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People. As such, he had a crucial role in the anti-Fascist liberation struggle in Slovenia between 1941 and 1945. After World War II he was, together with Edvard Kardelj, a leading Slovenian politician in communist Yugoslavia.

Boris Kidrič
Prime Minister of Slovenia
In office
5 May 1945  June 1946
PresidentJosip Vidmar
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byMiha Marinko
Personal details
Born10 April 1912
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died11 April 1953(1953-04-11) (aged 41)
Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Political partyLeague of Communists
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