Mladen Markač
| Mladen Markač | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 May 1955 Đurđevac, People's Republic of Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance |
 Yugoslavia (1983–1990)
 Croatia (since 1990)
|
| Service/branch | Special police |
| Years of service | 1983–1995 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Commands held | Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit |
| Battles/wars | |
Mladen Markač (Croatian pronunciation: [mlâdɛn mârkatʃ]) (born 8 May 1955) is a Croatian retired general. He was a Commander of Croatian Special Police during Operation Storm during the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995), and afterwards held the rank of Colonel General. Later, he was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes committed during Operation Storm by Croatian forces against the Serbs from Croatia. In April 2011, the ICTY found him guilty and sentenced him to 18 years.
On 16 November 2012, his conviction was overturned on all charges by the appeals panel at the ICTY, and he was immediately set free. A government plane flew him home, where he received a hero's welcome in Croatia.
Mladen Markač was born in 1955 in Đurđevac, People's Republic of Croatia, then part of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FPRY). In 1981, he graduated from the University of Zagreb, and in 1982, he completed his compulsory military service. He then joined the police force of the SFRY Ministry of the Interior.
In 1990, Markač and others established a police unit for special tasks in the Ministry of the Interior. He was appointed Deputy Commander and in late 1990, this unit became the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit. In 1991, Mladen Markač was appointed the head of the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit. In 1992, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel General (reserve).
...
Wikipedia