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Slobodan Praljak

1945 - 2017

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Slobodan Praljak (Croatian pronunciation: [slobǒdan prǎːʎak]; 2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a Bosnian Croat 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Slobodan Praljak is the 245th most popular military personnel (down from 211th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 12th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Military Personnel.

Slobodan Praljak was a Croatian general who was on trial for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. He was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison, but in his final statement, he drank poison and died.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Slobodan Praljak ranks 245 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans von Seeckt, Lysander, Toyotomi Hideyori, Maximilian von Weichs, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, and Wu Sangui. After him are Bai Qi, Jack Phillips, Pedro de Valdivia, Juan Pujol García, Wilhelm Mohnke, and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Slobodan Praljak ranks 56. Before him are Douglas Osheroff, George Smoot, Keith Jarrett, Vinko Puljić, Jean Nouvel, and Michael J. Smith. After him are Jacky Ickx, Yochanan Vollach, Neil Young, José Feliciano, Richard R. Schrock, and Roger Glover. Among people deceased in 2017, Slobodan Praljak ranks 34. Before him are Roman Herzog, Johnny Hallyday, Martin Landau, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Mário Soares, and Simone Veil. After him are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Liu Xiaobo, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Mauno Koivisto, Tzvetan Todorov, and Louise Hay.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slobodan Praljak ranks 14 out of 375. Before him are Emir Kusturica (1954), Vladimir Prelog (1906), Goran Bregović (1950), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), and Vinko Puljić (1945). After him are Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), Biljana Plavšić (1930), Dražen Dalipagić (1951), Milorad Dodik (1959), Ivica Osim (1941), and Boris Tadić (1958).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among military personnels born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slobodan Praljak ranks 2. Before him are Ratko Mladić (1942). After him are Vjekoslav Luburić (1914), Husein Gradaščević (1802), David Elazar (1925), Rasim Delić (1949), Zdravko Tolimir (1948), Blagoje Adžić (1932), Stanislav Galić (1943), Atif Dudaković (1954), and Naser Orić (1967).

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