Dr. Juro Hrašovec – The First Slovenian Mayor Of Celje

Abstract

On 26 April 1921, the first post-war elections in Celje were held in favour of the Yugoslav Democratic Party, and on 18 May 1921, its member Dr Juro Hrašovec was elected the first Slovenian mayor of Celje. Exactly one hundred years later, the Celje Regional Museum opened an exhibition entitled Dr Juro Hrašovec – the First Slovenian Mayor of Celje, by Damir Žerič, MA. The museum holds a good part of the material heritage of the Hrašovec family, the main part of the exhibition comprising two short memoirs written by Hrašovec in 1936 and 1950. The exhibition highlights Hrašovec’s main activities: the efforts to achieve equality for the Slovenian language, the struggle to establish Slovenian schools, his involvement in the establishment and operation of Slovene financial institutions, his integrative role in the slogaštvo movement, and his mayoralty.