Silvije Degen

Silvije Degen (born 15 June 1942 in Bjelovar) is a Croatian lawyer and politician from Zagreb.

Silvije Degen, a native of Zagreb, in 1980s became one of the best known lawyers in Yugoslavia. This was due to his impeccable fashion sense and tendency to take high-profile criminal cases, best known being the trial of Andrija Artuković, whom he defended unsuccessfully.[1]

In the early 1990s Degen entered politics, becoming a leader of the Socialist Party of Croatia. As such, he made a minor upset in the 1992 Croatian presidential election, by finishing fifth with 108,979 or 4.07% of the vote.[2]

References
  1. "Što povezuje partizanskog krvnika Dubajića i ustaškog zločinca Artukovića". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 2009-04-11. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2010-11-25. Odvjetnik Silvije Degen, član nekadašnjeg braniteljskog tima Andrije Artukovića [...]
  2. "Silvije Degen". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 April 2015.


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