Pero Pirker

Pero Pirker
Secretary of the Executive Bureau of the League of Communists of Croatia
In office
28 March 1969 – 14 December 1971
PresidentSavka Dabčević-Kučar
Preceded byMiko Tripalo
Succeeded byJosip Vrhovec
37th Mayor of Zagreb
In office
1963–1967
Preceded byVećeslav Holjevac
Succeeded byRatko Karlović
Personal details
Born(1927-07-05)5 July 1927
Varaždin, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died1 August 1972(1972-08-01) (aged 45)
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Political partyLeague of Communists of Croatia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
SpouseMiroslava Pirker (until his death)
Children1
OccupationPolitician

Pero Pirker (5 July 1927 – 1 August 1972) was a Croatian and Yugoslav politician. He was the mayor of Zagreb from 1963 to 1967. His mayoralty coincided with the 1964 Zagreb flood, the deadliest and costliest natural disaster since the city's incorporation, and he oversaw the rebuilding of the affected areas, including the construction of 26,000 new flats and houses. In 1969 he was elected the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the ruling League of Communists of Croatia (SKH). He was a close associate of the main political figures of the Croatian Spring – SKH reformist leaders Savka Dabčević-Kučar and Miko Tripalo.[1] After suppression of the Croatian Spring in late 1971, tens of thousands were expelled from the SKH, including 741 high-ranking officials such as Pirker, Dabčević-Kučar and Tripalo. Pirker died in August 1972, and his funeral drew 100,000 supporters as a form of protest against suppression of the Croatian Spring.[2]

  1. ^ "Pirker, Pero". Croatian Encyclopedia, Web Edition (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-building and Legitimation, 1918–2005. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 249–254. ISBN 978-0-253-34656-8.