Janko Bobetko
Janko Bobetko | |
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Lieutenant General (JNA) General of the Army (HV) | |
Commands held | Chief of General Staff (HV) Commander of Southern Front (HV) Chief of Staff of 5th Army District (JNA) Political Commissar of 32nd Division Political Commissar of Brigade |
Battles/wars | World War II Croatian War of Independence |
Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a
In 1992, Bobetko became the
Biography
Bobetko was born in the village of Crnac,
World War II and Yugoslav army career
In July 1941, he joined an antifascist unit, the
In the post-war period, he graduated from the Military Academy of the Yugoslav People's Army and rose to the rank of
Service in independent Croatia
After the
In 1993, during
Bobetko had the status of a fully disabled person, caused both by his leg injury he sustained during World War II, and later by an onset of cardiac
On 15 July 1995, shortly before Operation Storm, President Franjo Tuđman formally replaced Bobetko as the Chief of General Staff with Zvonimir Červenko. Later that year, he was elected in the 1995 Croatian parliamentary election on the electoral list of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and served as an MP until 1999.[7]
In 2000, Bobetko was the most prominent signatory to the
By that time, Bobetko was already gravely ill, as well. In 2002, the United Kingdom halted its ratification process for the Stabilisation and Association Agreement of Croatia with the European Union due to the Croatian government's handling of the Bobetko case.[citation needed] A survey conducted by the Croatian Puls agency in late September 2002 claimed that 84% of Croatian citizens were opposed to extraditing him, and 71% would remain opposed even if the nation were threatened with political and economic sanctions.[10]
Bobetko died in 2003, aged 84, before any final decision was reached regarding his extradition.[2]
Legacy
Bobetko was survived by his widow, Magdalena, and three sons.[2]
The treaty ratification problem was subsequently rectified in 2004.[2]
In May 2013, the
Honours
- Grand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV (1995)[16]
- City of Zadar Lifetime achievement Award (2020)[17]
References
- ^ "Janko Bobetko (Croatian military)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia (2009); accessed 6 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Janko Bobetko, 84, Is Dead; Fought to Free Croatians". The New York Times (30 April 2003). Accessed 6 August 2008.
- ^ General Janko Bobetko obituary, The Daily Telegraph (30 April 2003); accessed 6 September 2009.
- ^ "European Union". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
international organisation comprising 27 European countries and governing common economic, social, and security policies....
- ^ "Janko Bobetko (1919 - 2003)". Vojska.net. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ Robert Bajruši (8 May 2002). "25 hrvatskih generala su prevaranti; Svjesno su prevarili državu kako bi dobili invalidski status i povlastice" [25 Croatian generals are cheaters; They knowingly deceived the state to receive disability status and benefits]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 338. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Janko Bobetko". vecernji.hr.
- ICTY. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Case Information Sheet - "MEDAK POCKET" (IT-02-62) - Janko Bobetko" (PDF). ICTY. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ ISSN 0966-8136.
- ISSN 0022-0094.
- ^ "International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia". Icty.org. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Ministry: ICTY confirms Croatia wasn't responsible". EBL News. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "ICTY denies Croatia's request to be included in Prlic et al appeal". EBL News. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Gadzo, Mersiha (30 November 2017). "Bosnian Croat officials meet their nemesis in The Hague". Al Jazeera.
- ^ "Odluka kojom se odlikuju VeleRedom kralja Petra Krešimira IV. s lentom i Danicom". Narodne novine (46/1995). 7 July 1995. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Dobitnici javnih priznanja Grada Zadra u 2020. godini". grad-zadar.hr (in Croatian). City of Zadar. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2023.