Željko Glasnović
Major general Željko Glasnović | |
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 Željko Glasnović, 2018 | |
| Born | 24 February 1954 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance | Canadian Army French Foreign Legion Croatian National Guard Croatian Defence Council Croatian Army |
| Battles/wars | Gulf War Croatian War of Independence Bosnian War |
| Other work | Croatian Parliament (MP) |
Željko Glasnović (born 24 February 1954) is a far-right politician and former Croatian military officer. He was a member of Croatian Parliament's club called Independents for Croatia.
Biography
He was born in Zagreb in 1954. His late father was from Janjevo and his late mother was from Posavina.[1] His family emigrated to Canada in 1962, where he became a member of the Canadian Army, in which he served for five years. The next year and a half he spent in the French Foreign Legion. He fought in the Gulf War.
Following the escalation of the
In 1994, he became commanding officer of the 1st brigade of the Croatian Defence Council. He participated in Cincar Operation and Operation Storm. President of Croatia Stjepan Mesić retired him and other generals in 2000.[2]
Politics
Glasnović was not politically active until the 2015 Croatian parliamentary election. He was elected into the Croatian Parliament as a member of Patriotic Coalition in IX district, reserved for Croatian diaspora. During his first MP term (2015–2016) in the 11th electoral district, he was a member of the Committee on Croats outside the Republic of Croatia, War Veterans Committee, Interparliamentary Co-operation Committee and Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the NATO.[3] Although he was elected on the HDZ list, he was never a member of the party.
For the 2016 elections he formed an independent list and won one seat in Croatian Parliament representing the diaspora.[4] Presently, he is a member of the Independents for Croatia.
Glasnović is an advocate of
Honorary guest of National Democratic Party of Germany
In 2018, he was an honorary guest at a party congress of the ultranationalist
References
- ^ Ćurić, Dražen (26 September 2016). "Tko je Željko Glasnović, političar koji je vrijeđao fizički izgled studentskih prosvjednika". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Večernji list Biographies: Željko Gasnović, retired general Večernji list, published 1 December 2016, accessdate 9 February 2018
- ^ Željko Glasnović Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ Croatian Parliamentary elections, 2016 - Results, district XI (diaspora) State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ Spiegle.de Und morgen schon tot, 21.09.1992
- ^ DW Željko Glasnović - Honorary guest at the German extreme right wing congress
- ^ Faktograf Glasnović works with NPD, and NPD with neo-Nazis and pro-Chetnik Serbian action
