Christian Dobrovitch
Krăsto Dobrović | |
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| President of Luepola | |
| In office 22 November 1951 – 11 May 1966 | |
| Vice President | Anton Zauhar Štanko Vučić Marko Herceg |
| Preceded by | Office Established Reinhold Tausche (as Imperial Commissioner of Luepola) |
| Succeeded by | Marko Herceg |
| Mayor of Ersenwöhr | |
| In office 15 March 1940 – 19 March 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Hans Graber |
| Succeeded by | Joachim Krause |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Krăsto Milan Dobrović 4 May 1904 Vulšior, Vlahac, People's Republic of Luepola |
| Died | 11 May 1966 (aged 62) Prishek, State of Luepola |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Constantine Imperial 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, pronounced [ˈkɾɐ̆hstɔ ˈdɔbɾɔvic]; 4 May 1904 – 11 May 1966) was a Luepolan-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 Constantine Imperial 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. There, he changed his name back to his birth name.
In 1951, 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 1951, 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, re-establishing the Luepolan Armed Forces as a Vierz-trained and initially Vierz-reliant organization, and petitioning for the withdrawal of Vierz occupying forces to a "bearable level", thereby 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, who harbored more radical Luepolan nationalist views than Dobrovitch. 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.
