Slobodan Praljak
Bosnian Croat general (1945–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Slobodan Praljak (Croatian pronunciation: [slobǒdan prǎːʎak]; 2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a Bosnian Croat war criminal who served in the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council, an army of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 1992 and 1995. Praljak was found guilty of committing violations of the laws of war, crimes against humanity, and breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the Croat–Bosniak War by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2017.[1]
Slobodan Praljak | |
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Born | (1945-01-02)2 January 1945 Čapljina, Yugoslavia (Now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Died | 29 November 2017(2017-11-29) (aged 72) The Hague, Netherlands |
Buried | Cremated in Zagreb, Croatia |
Allegiance | Croatia Herzeg-Bosnia |
Service/ | Croatian Army Croatian Defence Council |
Years of service | 1991–1995 |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | |
Spouse(s) | Kaćuša Babić |
Other work | Professor, film and theatre director, businessman, writer |
Cause of death | Suicide by cyanide poisoning |
Praljak voluntarily joined the newly formed Croatian Armed Forces after the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. Before and after the war he was an engineer, a television and theatre director, as well as a businessman.[2][3] Praljak was indicted by, and voluntarily surrendered to, the ICTY in 2004.[4] In 2013, he was convicted for war crimes against the Bosniak population during the Croat–Bosniak War alongside five other Bosnian Croat officials,[5][6] and was sentenced to 20 years in jail (minus the time he had already spent in detention).[7] Upon hearing the guilty verdict upheld in November 2017, Praljak stated that he rejected the verdict of the court, and fatally poisoned himself in the courtroom.[8][9]