Savo Zlatić, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Savo Zlatić

Croatian politician

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1912

Date of Death: 08-Dec-2007

Profession: physician, politician, chess composer

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Savo Vjerko Zlatic (12 July 1912 – 8 December 2007) was a Croatian physician, politician and chess composer. Early in life, as a medical student, Zlatic became a high-ranking member of the then-illegal Communist Party.
In World War II, he became the first Partisan physician in Croatia and one of the founders of Petrova Gora hospital.
He was expelled from the Communist Party in 1949 and subsequently served two years in Goli Otok prison for siding with Stalin's position in the Tito–Stalin Split.
After his release from prison, Zlatic focused on scientific work; he is considered one of the founders of clinical pharmacology in Croatia.
Zlatic also had a long competitive career as a chess composer and was awarded the title of World Federation for Chess Composition Honorary Master in 1999.