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Marko Herceg
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President of Luepola
In office
11 May 1966 – 15 August 1968
Vice PresidentŠtanko Vučić
Preceded byChristian Dobrovitch
Succeeded byZdrávko Kasun
Personal details
Born
Marko Ivanović Herceg

(1920-07-07)7 July 1920
Voitz, People's Republic of Luepola
Died26 November 1973(1973-11-26) (aged 53)
Surojka, Vlahac, State of Luepola
Political partyIndependent
SpouseAlina Mladenova Herceđina (1949-1958)
Alma materUniversity of Voitz

Marko Herceg (Luepolan: [ˈmaɾkɔ ˈxeɾtseg]; 7 July 1920 – 26 November 1973) was a Luepolan politician who served as the second president of the State of Luepola. He was appointed president in 1966 after the death of his predecessor Christian Dobrovitch in an emergency convention of the Sliet. His presidency lasted for three years, during which he undertook reforms to repair the Luepolan economy, which had stagnated after a brief period of postwar recovery under Dobrović. His reforms also included the loosening of censorship within the country and an attempt to forge an independent Luepolan foreign policy, prompting backlash from Vierzland; Vierz Emperor Victor III effectively mandated Herceg's resignation in August of 1968. Herceg disappeared from public life shortly afterwards, withdrawing from politics overall by 1971. He reportedly developed depression in his final years, and was found dead in his home in 1973, having committed suicide.