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Key facts
- Nickname
- Andrija Grabovac
- Born
- ( 1955-10-12 ) 12 October 1955 (age 70) , Tkon , PR Croatia , FPR Yugoslavia
- Allegiance
- France (1973–1978) Croatia (1991–2000)
- Branch
- French Army Croatian Defence Council Croatian Army
- Service years
- 1973–2000
- Rank
- Caporal-chef (in French Army) Lieutenant General (in Croatian Army)
- Unit
- 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment Commando Parachute Group 1st Guards Brigade
- Commands
- HVO Livno Split military district HV Inspectorate
- Conflicts
- Shaba II Battle of Kolwezi Yugoslav Wars Croatian War of Independence Operation Maslenica Operation Winter '94 Operation Summer '95 Operation Storm Bosnian War Operation Mistral 2 Operation Southern Move
- Awards
- Grand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV Order of Duke Domagoj Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski Order of Ban Jelačić Order of Ante Starčević Order of the Croatian Cross Order of the Croatian Trefoil Order of the Croatian Interlace Homeland's Gratitude Medal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ante
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Tkon
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- French
- Conflict
- Operation Storm
- Military branch
- Croatian Army
- Military rank
- colonel general
- Image
- Ante-Gotovina-05082015-roberta-f.jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- Commons category
- Ante Gotovina
- date of birth
- 1955-10-12
- name in native language
- Ante Gotovina
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- P10632
- Ante Gotovina
- exonerated of
- crime against humanity
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Encyclopedic overview
Ante Gotovina (born 12 October 1955) is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence. He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges in connection with that operation and its aftermath. After spending four years in hiding, he was captured in the Canary Islands in December 2005.
On 15 April 2011, Gotovina was found guilty on 8 of the 9 counts of the indictment and sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment. On 16 November 2012, Gotovina's convictions were overturned by an appeals panel at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and he was released from custody.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ante Gotovina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.