The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate (Slovene and Serbo-Croatian: Dravska banovina), was a province (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.
According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
Also in 1931, the Municipality of à  trigova (now in Croatia) was separated from the ÃÂakovec District and the rest of MeÃÂimurje and was included in the Ljutomer District in the Drava Banovina.
The Drava Banovina was administratively subdivided into 29 counties (called srez):
In 1941 the World War II Axis powers occupied the Drava Banovina, and it was divided largely between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, while Hungary annexed Prekmurje and the Independent State of Croatia annexed some smaller border areas.
Following World War II the region was reconstituted, with additional preâÂÂWorld War II Italian territory (Julian March), as the Federal State of Slovenia, within a federal second Yugoslavia.
The following is the list of people who held the title of Ban (governor) of Drava Banovina: