Mile Starčević (politician, born 1862)

{{Short description|Politician and lawyer in Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Mile Starčević

| image = Mile Starčevič.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|09|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = {{ill|Veliki Žitnik|hr}}, Gospić, Croatian Military Frontier, Austrian Empire
{{small|(now Croatia)}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1917|03|10|1862|09|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
{{small|(now Croatia)}}

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| alma_mater = University of Zagreb

| occupation = Politician, lawyer

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| party = Party of Rights {{small|(until 1895)}}
Pure Party of Rights {{small|(1895–1908)}}
Starčević faction of the Party of Rights {{small|(1908–1913)}}

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Mile Starčević (29 September 1862 – 10 March 1917) was a Croatian politician and a lawyer born in the village of {{ill|Veliki Žitnik|hr}} near Gospić. He was an elected member of the Sabor of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in 1892–1917 as a member of the Party of Rights. After 1894, Starčević advocated solving the Croatian question within the framework of trialism in Austria-Hungary. Following a political clash within the Party of Rights, Starčević left the party (together with his relative Ante Starčević, Josip Frank, and Eugen Kumičić) to form the Pure Party of Rights. After a conflict with Frank, in 1908 Starčević formed a new political party known as the Mile Starčević faction of the Party of Rights whose adherents were referred to as the "Milinovci" in reference to Starčević. In 1912, his party abandoned trialism and became allied with the Croat-Serb Coalition led by Frano Supilo and Svetozar Pribičević. During World War I, Starčević left politics. He died in Zagreb.{{cite web|url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/starcevic-mile|language= hr|title= Starčević, Mile|access-date=23 October 2021|work= Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje|publisher= Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography}}

Historiography normally refers to Ante and Mile Starčević as uncle and nephew. The two were first cousins once removed - Mile's grandfather David and Ante's father Jakov were brothers. Regardless, Mile referred to Ante as "uncle", and Ante referred to Mile (as well as to Mile's brother David Starčević) as "nephew" and historiography generally accepted those labels.{{cite journal|first=Jure|last=Trutanić|language=hr|title= David Starčević u raskolu Stranke prava 1895.|trans-title= David Starčević and the 1895 Schism in the Party of Right|doi= 10.17234/RadoviZHP.53.21|url= https://hrcak.srce.hr/274820|journal= Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu : Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu|publisher= Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb|location= Zagreb|issn= 1849-0344|volume= 53|issue= 2|year= 2021|page= 182}}