Dobroslav Paraga

Croatian political leader

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Dobroslav Paraga was a Croatian political leader known for his role in neofascist movements in the early 1990s. He founded the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) in 1990. Paraga advocated for a "Greater Croatia" that would encompass parts of Serbia and all of Bosnia and Herzegovina, believing war with Serbia was inevitable. His followers openly supported the pro-Nazi Ustaša regime, adopting its symbolism and slogans. The HSP's paramilitary wing, the Croatian Defense Association (HOS), was involved in fighting against Serbia. Despite his influence, the HSP received a small percentage of votes in the 1992 elections.1

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…for neofascism in Croatia was Dobroslav Paraga, founder in 1990 of the Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska Stranka Prava; HSP). A former seminary student and dissident under the communist regime in Croatia in the 1980s, Paraga believed that Serbia was a mortal danger to Croatian national survival, and he called…
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…for neofascism in Croatia was Dobroslav Paraga, founder in 1990 of the Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska Stranka Prava; HSP). A former seminary student and dissident under the communist regime in Croatia in the 1980s, Paraga believed that Serbia was a mortal danger to Croatian national survival, and he called…
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