Anton Marusić
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Anton Marusić | |
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| Chairman of the Communist Party of Luepola | |
| In office 10 August 1930 – 24 July 1948 | |
| Premier | Đuro Karević Saňin Mlakar Valent Jugovać |
| Preceded by | Stanislav Kolar |
| Chairman of the Socialist Internationale | |
| In office 20 February 1931 – 20 February 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Lázár Molnár |
| Succeeded by | Eero Ryti |
| In office 20 February 1947 – 24 July 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Abel Mallaire |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1885 Beuje, Aneska, Luepola |
| Died | 24 July 1948 (aged 62) Prishek, People's Republic of Luepola |
| Alma mater | Grast Institute of Arts and Sciences |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of Luepola |
| Branch/service | Luepolan People's Army |
| Years of service | 1930-1948 |
| Battles/wars | Great War |
Anton Marusić (1 October 1885 – 24 July 1948) was a Luepolan politician who served as the leader of the People's Republic of Luepola from 1930 until his death in 1948. Despite not having previously served as a deputy chairman, Marusić was elected in an emergency Communist convention upon the unexpected death of his predecessor, Stanislav Kolar. Shortly after beginning his rule, Marusić oversaw a series of meetings with Chancellor TBA of the Vierz Empire, leading to a brief, unexpected thawing in relations between Luepola and Vierzland. The thaw was short-lived, as tensions began to escalate upon the takeover of the socialists in Apelia. Emboldened by the rapid militarization of his allies in Apelia and Granzery, Marusić likewise increased arms production in Luepola significantly, and continued Kolar's policy of exporting Communism abroad, succeeding in Vorochia in 1939. His continued aggressive exportation of Communism internationally put Luepola at odds with the Aitic Union, resulting in the alienation of the Aitic Union by the other Socialist powers, and its eventual expulsion from the Socialist Internationale.
Marusić personally approved of the Invasion of Zacotia, which began the Great War. Marusić led the Communist war effort alongside his Apelian counterpart, Abel Mallaire, against the Allied powers. As both the war effort and his health deteriorated, Marusić remained in the chairmanship, continuing to fight the war after Apelia and Granzery had surrendered. He was present at the Battle of Prishek, remaining within the Party headquarters as Vierz forces gained ground. On 24 July, 1948, over his final radio broadcast, he permitted the military to stand down and surrender at their discretion, before being killed by Vierz forces as they stormed the party headquarters.
He was charged for numerous war crimes by the Allied powers at the first meeting of the International Assembly, particularly for his agency in the Bombing of Talheim, and was posthumously tried and convicted for these charges in 1949.