Sefer Halilović
| Sefer Halilović | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 January 1952 Prijepolje, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party |
| Alma mater | Military Academy |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Yugoslavia Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
| Years of service | 1971–1993 |
| Unit | Patriotic League |
| Commands | Patriotic League Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Battles/wars |
Bosnian War • Siege of Sarajevo • Operation Neretva '93 |
Sefer Halilović (born 6 January 1952 in Prijepolje, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia is a former general and commanding officer of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2001, he was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and acquitted of all charges in 2005.
Halilović was born in Taševo, a hamlet in the Prijepolje municipality in the Sandžak geographical region of Serbia, then Yugoslavia. He attended the military academy in Belgrade in 1971 for three years and in 1975 he attended the military school in Zadar where he became an Officer in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). From 1980 until the war he served in Vinkovci as Army security officer. On 31 August 1990 he went to Belgrade and attended a two-year course at the school for commanders.
When he left the People's Army in September 1991 he was a professional military officer and held the rank of Major. He returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina, created the Patriotic League and planned the defense of the country.
On 25 May 1992 he was appointed by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RBiH) as Commander of the Territorial Defence (TO) Staff of the RBiH, replacing Hasan Efendić, becoming the most senior Military Commander of the armed forces of the RBiH.
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