Drava Banovina

Drava Banovina Dravska banovina Дравска бановина
Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
← 1929–1941 →
Drava Banovina (red) within Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow)
Capital		Ljubljana
Historical era		Interwar period
•	January 6th Dictatorship
•	Established	3 October 1929 1929
•	Disestablished	16 April 1941 1941
Area
•	1931	15,849 km2 (6,119 sq mi)
Population
•	1921	1,060,356
•	1931	1,144,298
	Density	72.2 /km2  (187 /sq mi)
Today part of		Slovenia

The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate (Slovene: Dravska banovina) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of most of present-day Slovenia and was named for the Drava River. The capital city of the Drava Banovina was Ljubljana.

Borders

According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,

The building that housed the administrative seat of Banovina today serves as Government and Presidential Palace of Slovenia

Administration

Drava Banovina was administratively subdivided into 29 counties (called srez):

Aftermath

In 1941 the World War II Axis powers occupied the Drava Banovina, and it was divided largely between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, while Hungary occupied Prekmurje and the Independent State of Croatia occupied some smaller border areas.

Following World War II the region was reconstituted, with additional pre–World War II Italian territory (Julian March), as the Federal State of Slovenia, within a federal second Yugoslavia.

List of Bans

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The following is the list of people who held the title of Ban (governor) of Drava Banovina:^[2]

Portrait		Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Party
			Start	End
		Dušan Sernec (1882–1952)	9 October 1929	4 December 1930	Slovene People's Party (SLS)
		Drago Marušič (1884–1964)	4 December 1930	8 February 1935	Yugoslav National Party (JNS)
		Dinko Puc (1879–1945)	8 February 1935	10 September 1935	Yugoslav Democratic Party (JDS)
		Marko Natlačen (1886–1942)	10 September 1935	16 April 1941	Slovene People's Party (SLS)

References

See also

• Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Banovinas of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1929–1941 Danube Drava Drina Morava Vardar Vrbas Zeta 1929–1939 Littoral Sava 1939–1941 Croatia District Belgrade City Administration