Slavko Kvaternik (25 August 1878 – 7 June 1947) was one of the founders of the 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.Kvaternik was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army and was involved in World War I.