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Martin Špegelj

1927 - 2014

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Martin Špegelj (11 November 1927 – 11 May 2014) was a Croatian army general and politician who served as the second defense minister of Croatia and, later, the chief of staff of the newborn Croatian army and inspector-general of the army. His efforts to organize and equip the army from scratch were seen as instrumental in helping Croatia survive the first year of the Croatian War of Independence. Partly owing to disagreements with president Franjo Tuđman, he retired in 1992, after the war froze with the permanent ceasefire at the end of 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Špegelj is the 13,699th most popular politician (down from 13,235th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 239th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Croatian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Martin Špegelj ranks 13,699 out of 19,576. Before him are Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, José Figueroa Alcorta, Malik Kafur, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Geoffrey Howe, and Florence Arthaud. After him are Jorge Serrano Elías, Danilo Astori, Kaspar Villiger, Võ Văn Kiệt, Annette Lu, and Hermann, Prince of Wied.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Martin Špegelj ranks 274. Before him are Yusuf Idris, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, L. K. Advani, William Daniels, Edmund Gettier, and Aušra Augustinavičiūtė. After him are B. V. Doshi, Robert Spaemann, Robert Mills, Tihomir Ognjanov, Thorkild Hansen, and Charles Pasqua. Among people deceased in 2014, Martin Špegelj ranks 272. Before him are Daniel Boulanger, Tullio Regge, François Cavanna, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Wu Ma, and Yoshihito, Prince Katsura. After him are Thomas Berger, Brian Hart, Glen A. Larson, Ian Paisley, Mel Patton, and Samih al-Qasim.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Martin Špegelj ranks 246 out of 700. Before him are Goran Višnjić (1972), Zvonimir Soldo (1967), Ivan Gubijan (1923), Josip Filipović (1818), Stjepan Hauser (1986), and Andrej Panadić (1969). After him are Ivo Trumbić (1935), Krešimir Baranović (1894), Ottavio Missoni (1921), Mate Trojanović (1930), Dubravka Šuica (1957), and Simo Matavulj (1852).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Martin Špegelj ranks 50. Before him are Milan Neralić (1875), Ivo Lapenna (1909), Vlatko Pavletić (1930), Lino Červar (1950), Mirko Marjanović (1937), and Hrvoje Šarinić (1935). After him are Dubravka Šuica (1957), Juraj Dobrila (1812), Vesna Pusić (1953), Zlatko Mateša (1949), Tihomir Orešković (1966), and Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (1816).

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