The Role of the Republic Ministries in the Government of the People\u27s Republic of Croatia (1945-1953)

U članku se daje prikaz poslijeratne uprave u Narodnoj Republici Hrvatskoj u kontekstu onovremenih događaja i okruženja. Istaknute su glavne odrednice koje su uvjetovale rad i nastanak uprave Narodne Republike Hrvatske, s posebnim osvrtom na odnose i veze sa saveznom upravom. Daje se kratki prikaz glavnih obilježja administrativno-centralističkog načina upravljanja, kao i hijerarhijski ustroj same uprave. Nadalje se naglašava uloga republičkih ministarstava u upravi Narodne Republike Hrvatske, kao i uloga Vlade Narodne Republike Hrvatske u mogućem suodlučivanju na saveznoj razini.The government of the People\u27s Republic of Croatia must be viewed in the context of the Government of the People\u27s Republic of Yugoslavia. The major features, which determined the form and the manner of government, go back to the time of war, to the formation of the highest political and representative body of Yugoslavia, the AVNOJ, and, in accordance with that, with the formation of the representative bodies of individual peoples and the formation of ZAVNOH in Croatia. With the formation of the Government of Federative People\u27s Republic of Yugoslavia after the war, the state government started to gain shape. Although, according to the Constitution, Yugoslavia was formally defined as a democratic country, a strong central system of government was introduced, according to the Soviet model. The Government was designed in accordance with the strict hierarchical organization and all power was concentrated at the federal level. The Government of the People\u27s Republic of Croatia as well as all her governing bodies only existed to follow the directions and orders of the Federal Government. Federal Constitution of 1946 officially defined the Constitution of the People\u27s Republic of Croatia (1947), as well as the number and organization of governing bodies. The fundamental characteristics of this administrative-centralistic manner of government was a strict hierarchical organization of bodies of state as well as the constant growth of state administration and the enlargement of the governing bodies. Ministries, as bodies within the Government of the People\u27s Republic of Croatia were established in 1945 and ceased to exist during the early fifties