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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name            = ''Dravska banovina''<br />Дравска бановина
|conventional_long_name = Drava Banovina  
|common_name            = Drava Banovina  
|subdivision            = [[Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Banovina]]
|nation                 = the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]
| p1                    = Duchy of Carniola
| flag_p1               = Flag of Krain.svg
| s1                    = Nazi Germany
| flag_s1               = Flag of Nazi Germany.svg
| s2                    = Kingdom of Italy
| flag_s2               = Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg
| s3                    = Kingdom of Hungary
| flag_s3               = Flag of Hungary (1920–1946).svg
|year_start             = 1929
|date_start             = 3 October
|event_start            = Established
|event_end              = [[Invasion of Yugoslavia]]
|year_end               = 1941
|date_end               = 16 April
|event1                 = [[1931 Yugoslav Constitution]]
|date_event1            = 3 September 1931
|era                    = Interwar period
|event_pre              = January 6th Dictatorship
| image_coat             = Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (small).svg
| image_flag             = Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (state).svg
|image_map              = Locator map Drava Banovina in Yugoslavia 1929-1939.svg
|image_map_caption      = Drava Banovina (red) within<br />Kingdom of Yugoslavia (light yellow)
|capital                = [[Ljubljana]] 
|government_type        = [[Devolution|Devolved]] autonomous [[Ban (title)|banate]]
|title_leader           = [[Monarchy of Yugoslavia|Monarch]]
|leader1                = [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander I]]
|year_leader1           = 1929–1934
|leader2                = [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|Peter II]]
|year_leader2           = 1934–1941
|title_deputy           = [[Ban (title)|Ban]]
|deputy1                = Dušan Sernec
|year_deputy1           = 1929–1930
|deputy2                = [[Marko Natlačen]]
|year_deputy2           = 1935–1941
|stat_area2             = 15849
|stat_pop1              = 1,060,356
|stat_pop2              = 1,144,298
|stat_year1             = 1921
|stat_year2             = 1931
|category               = 
|today                  = [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]] 
|footnotes              = 
}}
The '''Drava Banovina''' or '''Drava Banate''' ([[Slovene language|Slovene]] and [[Serbo-Croatian]]: ''Dravska banovina''), was a province ([[Ban (title)|banovina]]) of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of most of present-day [[Slovenia]] and was named for the [[Drava]] River. The capital city of the Drava Banovina was [[Ljubljana]].

==Borders==
According to the 1931 [[Constitution]] of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,

{{Blockquote|The Drava Banovina is bounded by a line passing from the point where the northern boundary of the district of [[Čabar]] cuts the State frontier, then following the State frontier with [[Italy]], [[Austria]] and [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Hungary]] to a point where the State frontier with Hungary reaches the river [[Mur River|Mura]] (north-east of [[Čakovec]]). From the river Mura, the boundary of the Banovina follows the eastern and then the southern boundaries; of the districts of [[Lendava]], [[Ljutomer]], [[Ptuj]], [[Šmarje pri Jelšah|Šmarje]], [[Brežice]], [[Krško]], [[Novo Mesto]], [[Metlika]], [[Črnomelj]], [[Kočevje]] and [[Logatec]], including all the districts mentioned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091021145008/http://geocities.com/dagtho/yugconst19310903.html The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia]</ref>}}

Also in 1931, the Municipality of [[Štrigova]] (now in Croatia) was separated from the Čakovec District and the rest of [[Međimurje]] and was included in the [[Ljutomer]] District in the Drava Banovina.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kalšan|first=Vladimir|title=Međimurska povijest|language=hr|publisher=Vladimir Kalšan|year=2006|isbn=953-98293-1-3|location=Čakovec|pages=285|trans-title=History of Međimurje}}</ref>

[[File:Presidential Palace. Ljubljana.jpg|alt=Presidential Palace. Ljubljana|thumb|The building that housed the administrative seat of Banovina today serves as the [[Government Building and President's Office]] of [[Slovenia]]]]
[[File:Dravska lat.png|250px|thumb|Map of the Drava Banovina]]

==Administration==
The Drava Banovina was administratively subdivided into 29 counties (called ''srez''):
{{div col |colwidth=15em}}
* [[Brežice]]
* Celje
* [[Celje]] (town)
* [[Črnomelj]]
* [[Lendava|Dolnja Lendava]]
* [[Dravograd]]
* [[Gornji Grad, Gornji Grad|Gornji Grad]]
* [[Kamnik]]
* [[Kočevje]]
* [[Slovenske Konjice|Konjice]]
* [[Kranj]]
* [[Krško]]
* [[Laško]]
* [[Litija]]
* [[Logatec]]
* Ljubljana
* [[Ljubljana]] (town)
* [[Ljutomer]]
* Maribor, desni breg
* Maribor, levi breg
* [[Maribor]] (town)
* [[Metlika]]
* [[Murska Sobota]]
* [[Novo Mesto]]
* Ptuj
* [[Ptuj]] (town)
* [[Radovljica]]
* [[Slovenj Gradec]]
* [[Šmarje pri Jelšah|Šmarje]]
{{div col end}}

==Aftermath==
{{Main|World War II in the Slovene Lands}}

In 1941 the [[World War II]] [[Axis powers]] occupied the Drava Banovina, and it was divided largely between [[Nazi Germany]] and [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Fascist Italy]], while [[Kingdom of Hungary (Regency)|Hungary]] [[Hungarian occupation of Prekmurje|annexed Prekmurje]] and the [[Independent State of Croatia]] annexed some smaller border areas.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Možina |first1=Jože |title=Slovenski razkol |date=2019 |publisher=Društvo Mohorjeva družba |location=Celje |isbn=978-961-278-468-3 |pages=45ff}}</ref>

Following World War II the region was reconstituted, with additional pre–World War II Italian territory ([[Julian March]]), as the [[Federal State of Slovenia]], within a [[Federal republic|federal]] [[Democratic Federal Yugoslavia|second Yugoslavia]].

==List of Bans==
{{History of Slovenia}}
The following is the list of people who held the title of [[Ban (title)|Ban]] (governor) of Drava Banovina:<ref name="worldstatesmen">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Slovenia.html|title=Slovenia|last=Cahoon|first=Ben|work=World Statesmen.org|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
!rowspan=2 colspan="2" width=40|Portrait
!rowspan="2" width=180|Name<br><small>(Born-Died)</small>
!colspan=2 width=180|Term of office
!rowspan="2"| Party
|-
!Start
!End
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Slovene People's Party}}"| 
| [[File:Dušan Sernec 1930.jpg|80px]] ||align="center"| Dušan '''Sernec'''<br><small>(1882–1952)</small> || | <small>9 October</small><br />1929 || <small>4 December</small><br />1930 || [[Slovene People's Party (historical)|Slovene People's Party (SLS)]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Yugoslav National Party}}"| 
| [[File:Drago Marušič 1930s.jpg|80px]] ||align="center"| [[Drago Marušič|Drago '''Marušič''']]<br><small>(1884–1964)</small> || <small>4 December</small><br />1930||<small>8 February</small><br />1935 || [[Yugoslav National Party|Yugoslav National Party (JNS)]]
|-
! | 
| [[File:Dinko Puc 1930s.jpg|80px]] ||align="center"| Dinko '''Puc'''<br><small>(1879–1945)</small> || <small>8 February</small><br />1935 || <small>10 September</small><br />1935 || [[Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)|Yugoslav Democratic Party (JDS)]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Slovene People's Party}}"| 
| [[File:Marko Natlačen.jpg|80px]] ||align="center"| [[Marko Natlačen|Marko '''Natlačen''']]<br><small>(1886–1942)</small> || <small>10 September</small><br />1935 || <small>16 April</small><br />1941 || [[Slovene People's Party (historical)|Slovene People's Party (SLS)]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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