Stjepan Spevec

Stjepan Spevec (June 14, 1839, Vukanci - January 28, 1905,Zagreb) was a Croatian university professor and rector.

Soon after, he was appointed as an associate, and afterward as a full professor of Roman, state and international law.

In 1886, he was appointed as a head of the Department for Theology and Education of the Royal Earth Government.

In 1891 he was selected as a president of the Chair of the Seven, a position which he held until his death.

The king Franz Joseph I. named him his secret adviser in 1895.

Stjepan Spevec, 1876 painting by Antonio Zuccaro