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Gajo Filomen Bulat | |
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| 19th Mayor of Split | |
| In office 1885–1893 | |
| Preceded by | Dujam Rendić-Miočević |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Manger |
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| Born | (1836-01-04)4 January 1836 Supetar,Austrian Empire |
| Died | 9 June 1900(1900-06-09) (aged 64) Vienna,Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Political party | People's Party |
| Relatives | Gajo Bulat (nephew) |
| Alma mater | University of Graz University of Padua |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Attorney at law |
Gajo Filomen Bulat (4 January 1836 – 9 June 1900) was a Croatian lawyer who served as the mayor of Split and as a member of theDiet of Dalmatia and theImperial Council of theAustrian Empire.
Gajo Bulat was born on 4 January 1836 inSupetar.[1] His father Francis was a judge. He attended high school inZadar and then studied at theUniversity of Graz and theUniversity of Padua. After earning a doctorate in law he became a secretary for the Chamber of Commerce inZadar. He then devoted himself to a lawyer's career and between 1865 and 1879 he was one of the most distinguished lawyers inSplit.
He was raised in an Italian cultural environment, but under the influence ofMiho Klaić he became a supporter of the Croatian national idea and the leader of thePeople's Party in Split. He opposed theAutonomist Party and won an election against its candidateAntonio Bajamonti.
On 28 June 1882, in the constituting session of the Split Municipal Council, Bulat was made the city's mayor. From 1885 to 1893, he was theMayor of Split and a member of the Dalmatian Parliament and the Vienna Imperial Council.
He fought for the introduction of Croatian in schools and the railway connecting Split with Croatian Slavonia. A historian Dr.Rudolf Horvat writes, "his merit into the municipal government, school and society, and what is built the Croatian Theater ". Bulat started a newspaperThe People (Narod) and was one of the contributors of the cultural-educational societies "Slavs progress" and "Zvonimir". His People's Party contributed much of the Croatian national awakening of consciousness and defeating the Autonomist. In 1890, Gajo Bulat officially opened monumental fountain known as the Split, Bajamonti fountain.
Gajo Bulat died of a heart attack in Vienna on 9 June 1900 in the middle of parliamentary work. He was buried in Split with great honor, as a great fighter for Croatian ideas and unity of all Croatian area from the Adriatic to the Drava River.
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Split 1885–1893 | Succeeded by |
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