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Slobodan Praljak
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Bosnian Croat general and war criminal (1945–2017)
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Slobodan Praljak was a male Croatian engineer, politician, businessperson, and military personnel. Born in Čapljina in 1945, he was educated at the Academy of Dramatic Art, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Zagreb. He served as a lieutenant general in the Croatian Army and participated in the Croatian War of Independence, the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Croat–Bosniak War. His professional activities began in 1991, and he held citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Independent State of Croatia, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Praljak was convicted of crimes against humanity. He died by suicide through cyanide poisoning in The Hague on November 29, 2017. He is buried at Mirogoj Cemetery. His native name is Slobodan Praljak, and he spoke Croatian.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1945-01-02 ) 2 January 1945, Čapljina , Independent State of Croatia
- Died
- 29 November 2017 (2017-11-29) (aged 72), The Hague , Netherlands
- Cause of death
- Suicide by cyanide poisoning
- Buried
- Cremated in Zagreb , Croatia
- Allegiance
- Croatia Herzeg-Bosnia
- Branch
- Croatian Army Croatian Defence Council
- Service years
- 1991–1995
- Rank
- General
- Conflicts
- Croatian War of Independence Bosnian War Croat–Bosniak War
- Spouse
- Kaćuša Babić
- Other work
- Professor, film and theatre director, businessman, writer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Slobodan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Čapljina
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- University of Zagreb
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
- Conflict
- Croat–Bosniak War
- Military branch
- Croatian Army
- Military rank
- lieutenant general
- Official website
- www.slobodanpraljak.com
- Image
- Slobodan Praljak (2013).jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- date of birth
- 1945-01-02
- date of death
- 2017-11-29
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- cyanide poisoning
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- Slobodan Praljak
- name in native language
- Slobodan Praljak
- place of burial
- Mirogoj Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Slobodan Praljak ( Croatian pronunciation: [slobǒdan prǎːʎak]; 2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a Bosnian Croat war criminal and general found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of committing violations of the laws of war, crimes against humanity, and breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the 1992–1994 Croat–Bosniak War.
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, and a businessman. Praljak was indicted by, and voluntarily surrendered to, the ICTY in 2004. In 2013, he was convicted for war crimes against the Bosniak population during the Croat–Bosniak War alongside five other Bosnian Croat officials, and was sentenced to 20 years in jail (minus the time he had already spent in detention). 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.
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