Zvonimir Paul Separovic
Zvonimir Paul Šeparović was born on September the 14th, 1928. He is a Croatian legal scholar and politician. He was also known as the pioneer of victimology and a very vocal opponent of death penalty.
Professional career
Zvonimir Šeparović is a Croatian legal scholar and politician. Šeparović was previously a professor of Criminal Law at the University of Zagreb. He is also regarded as the pioneer of the study of victimology and he was a vocal opponent of death penalty. Although he lacked any formal party or political affiliation, in 1991, he became Foreign Minister in the national government of Franjo Gregurić. In 1992, he became the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations. Šeparović remained active in public life and became a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) as well as a member of the HDZ’s Central Committee.