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Ivo Tartaglia (6 February 1880 – 3 April 1949) was a Croatian politican and lawyer, the mayor of Split from 1918 to 1928 and the first ban of Littoral Banovina. After obtaining a law degree from the University of Graz, Tartaglia returned to Split where he joined the Croatian Democratic Party, the forerunner of the future Croatian People's Progressive Party. With the outbreak of World War I, he was arrested by the authorities due to his strong anti-Austrian views, spending most of the war in prisons in Maribor and Graz until he was pardoned in 1917.

On 6 November 1918, the municipal council of Split reached an unanimous decision of selecting Tartaglia as its new president, replacing Josip Smodlaka who left his post to become a representative in the Provincial Government for Dalmatia. During his ten year tenure as mayor, Split began developing into o modern city and expanding from its confines of a small provincial town. He was responsible for the construction of the Lika Railway, connecting Split with

Early life and World War I
Ivo Tartaglia was born into a large patrician family on 6 February 1880 in Split.

Tartaglia was one of the co-founders of the Croatian Democratic Party (Hrvatska demokratska stranka – HDS) established in August 1905. He also served as the party's secretary, and from 6 August 1906, editor-in-chief of its newspaper, the Sloboda (Freedom).


 * Agram trial


 * in 1913, Tartaglia and Josip Smodlaka defended Tin Ujević who was on trial by the authorities for giving a lecture.


 * With the outbreak of World War I, Tartaglia and Smodlaka were arrested on 30 July 1914 and sent to the penitentiary in Maribor ten days later.

Final years and death
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