Igor Petrušić

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Igor Petrušić
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Petrušić by Ferenc Nagy
President of Luepola
In office
22 February 1819 – 16 April 1841
Prime MinisterMarijan Trstenjak
Luka Ivanić
Gorăn Ťović
Preceded byOffice Established
Ratimir II
(as King of Luepola)
Succeeded byŽeľko Igrec
Personal details
Born
Igor Mateus Petrušić

(1769-09-29)29 September 1769
Welcow, Vyzinia
Died11 February 1854(1854-02-11) (aged 84)
Utrna, Republic of Luepola
Political partyNone (Independent)
Alma materUtrna Military Academy
Military service
AllegianceKingdom of Luepola
 First Luepolan Republic
Branch/serviceLuepolan Army
Years of service27
Rank
  • Komandăr
CommandsGeneral of the Luepolan Army (1818–1819)
Supreme Commander of the Luepolan Armed Forces (1819–1841)
Battles/warsLuepolan Revolution of 1818
Caberran Wars

Igor Petrušić ((Luepolan: Игор Петрушикь)) was a Luepolan military commander and statesman who became the first elected head of state of the First Luepolan Republic. Petrušić commanded the anti-monarchist contingent of the Luepolan Army during the Luepolan Revolution of 1818, defeating and deposing the reigning monarch Ratimir II. Taking inspiration from his Tieradan contemporary Antonio de Caberra, he established and entrenched the foundations for a republic, such as free elections, freedom of speech and of the press, and the separation of the powers of head of state and government. Petrušić also played a prominent role in the Caberran Wars, leading the new republic to victory first over the Vierz Empire in 1822 alongside Tierada, then alongside the Vierz against Tierada in 1827. To this end, Petrušić is further credited with securing and safeguarding the beginning of republicanism in Luepola, even as Caberra's own republican movement was defeated.