Slobodan Praljak
| Slobodan Praljak | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 January 1945 Čapljina, Independent State of Croatia |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/branch |
Croatian Army Croatian Defence Council |
| Years of service | 1991–95 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | |
| Other work | Writer |
| Website | slobodanpraljak |
Croatian War of Independence
Bosnian War
Slobodan Praljak (2 January 1945) is a Croatian politician and writer who served as general in the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council, an army of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. In 2013, in a first instance verdict, he was among six Croat politicians convicted at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes during the Croat-Bosniak War. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
Slobodan Praljak has 3 university degrees. In 1970 he graduated as an electrical engineer at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Zagreb with a GPA of 4/5. He wrote his thesis there on the correction of chromatic image in the main of an electrical signal for television work. In 1971 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, majoring in philosophy and sociology. In 1972 he graduated from the Film Academy and began working in theater and TV. He also lectured in philosophy and psychology in Zagreb.
During 1970s and 1980s, he was a director of theaters in Zagreb, Osijek and Mostar.
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