Slavko Kvaternik (25 August 1878 – 7 June 1947) was a one of the founders of fascist Ustaša movement, and one of the persons most directly responsible for the Holocaust in Independent State of Croatia. Kvaternik was Croatian military commander and Minister of Domobranstvo (Armed Forces). On 10 April 1941 he declared the creation of the Independent State of Croatia. In 1930s he was one of the founders of the Ustaša - Croatian Revolutionary Movement in Italy.