Tihomir Blaškić
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Tihomir Blaškić (born 2 November 1960)[1] is a retired general of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), and war criminal who served during the Bosnian War and the Croat–Bosniak War. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him on war crimes charges and in 2000 he was sentenced to 45 years of prison. In July 2004, the ICTY, on appeal, determined that his command responsibility for most of the charges was non-existent and his sentence was lessened to nine years imprisonment.[2] He was released the following month.
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Born | (1960-11-02) 2 November 1960 (age 63) Kiseljak, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
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Service/ | Croatian Defence Council |
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Commands held | Operative Zone Central Bosnia |
Battles/wars | Bosnian War |
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