Christian Dobrovitch

Krăsto Dobrović
President of Luepola
In office 22 November 1952 – 11 May 1966
Vice President	Anton Zauhar Štanko Vučić Marko Herceg
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Marko Herceg
President of Luepola
In office 15 March 1940 – 19 March 1948
Deputy	Anton Zauhar Štanko Vučić Marko Herceg
Preceded by	Hans Graber
Succeeded by	Joachim Krause
Personal details
Born	Krăsto Milan Dobrović (1904-05-04)4 May 1904 Vulšior, Vlahac, People's Republic of Luepola
Died	11 May 1966(1966-05-11) (aged 62) Prishek, State of Luepola
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Adtrus
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of Luepola
Branch/service	Luepolan People's Army
Years of service	1922-1923

Christian Dobrovitch (born Krăsto Dobrović; 4 May 1904 – 11 May 1966) was a Luepolan and Vierz politician who established the State of Luepola and ruled as its first president. He also served as the Mayor of Ersenwöhr, Vierzland.

An ardent anti-communist, he deserted from the Luepolan People's Army into which he was conscripted and fled to Vierzland at the age of 20. He settled in Adtrus and studied Political Science at the University of Adtrus; during this time he also adopted the Vierz form of his name. In 1940 he was elected Mayor of Ersenwöhr, a municipality in Geismar. As a Luepolan serving as mayor of a Vierz town during the Great War, Dobrovitch came under intense scrutiny and suspicion by the Vierz government, but retained his post until 1948, when he narrowly lost municipal elections. He nonetheless remained in the public sphere and later caught the attention of Vierz Chancellor Helmut Bergmann, who recognized Dobrovitch's potential as a future pro-Vierz Luepolan leader. Dobrovitch returned to Luepola in 1950, then under Vierz occupation, settling in Prishek and making public appearances to boost his image among the Luepolan populace, and changed his name back to his birth name.

In 1952, Bergmann and Dobrovitch met in Krassfurt to draft the Krassfurt Memorandum, in which Bergmann formally nominated Dobrovitch for the position of the first appointed post-occupation leader of Luepola. The Memorandum was signed by the Vierz Emperor on 22 November 1952, formally creating the State of Luepola and appointing Dobrovitch as president. Dobrovitch's work as president focused primarily on salvaging the Luepolan economy, rebuilding infrastructure and petitioning for the withdrawal of Vierz occupying forces to a "bearable level", ending the active policing of Luepola by the Vierz army. He was notable for his practice of reaching out to everyday Luepolans to ask for input. By the end of his tenure, Luepola's economy had recovered to 80% of prewar levels, though standard of life and per capita income lagged noticeably behind Vierzland and his reforms had stagnated.

Dobrovitch's term ended with his death on 11 May 1966. A national day of mourning was declared, and he was succeeded by Marko Herceg, a more radical pro-Luepolan president. Public opinion of Dobrovitch in Luepola was largely negative when evaluated after the Luepolan War in 1987; however, since 2000 public opinion has shifted to view him in a more favorable light, crediting him for re-establishing Luepolan self-governance domestically and for helping the Luepolan people within his means.