Member of the Ustaše, he was the Minister of Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia from 29 January to 30 August 1944, succeeding Miroslav Navratil.

He co-founded the Croatian Academic Club Kranjčević and the newspaper Svijest (Consciousness) and participated in the HKD Napredak.

[1] As an associate of Jure Francetić, he was a founding member of Black Legion, an infantry unit of Ustaše Militia.

[3] In 1943, he left Sarajevo and moved to Zagreb and on 11 October of that year he was appointed Minister of Transportation and Public Works.

At the beginning of August 1944, he stood as best man at the marriage of Lorković to Countess Nada Von Ghyczy.

Pavelić was visited by a Gestapo officer and told about Germany's new (V2) weapons which would turn the war in its favour.

On 21 August 1944, Pavelić informed Siegfried Kasche, the German ambassador, about the coup and announced actions against the putschists.

[citation needed] At a sudden government assembly on 30 August 1944, Vokić and Lorković were accused of conspiring against Pavelić and his Croatian allies, mainly Nazi Germany.