Emerik Josipović was a Croatian

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 unionist

Unionist

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politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs between 1889 and 1898. His father was Antun Josipović, who fought besides the Hungarians during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Hungarian Revolution of 1848

The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

, that's why he was imprisoned and his property was confiscated. After these's repossession Emerik primarily their repairing been busy until the 1870s. As representative of Varaždin County he was member of the Diet of Croatia

Parliament of Croatia

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 (Sabor), but when Koloman Bedeković

Koloman Bedeković

Koloman Bedeković was a Croatian politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1868–1871 and between 1876–1889. He had significant role in the creation of Croatian-Hungarian Agreement...

 died he became also member of the Diet of Hungary

Diet of Hungary

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 (Országgyűlés).

Josipović was appointed Minister of Croatian Affairs in 1889. He resigned from his position on 10 December 1898. In 1892 he got a real inner privy councillor rank. In 1906 he became member of the House of Magnates (the Hungarian assembly's upper house). His son, Gejza Josipović

Gejza Josipović

Gejza Josipović was a Croatian unionist politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1906–1910 and after a short period between 1910–1913. His father was Emerik Josipović, who also served in this position. Gejza graduated in the Budapest University's...

also served as Minister of Croatian Affairs.