Mladen Markač
Mladen Markač | |
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Photographs of general Mladen Markač at an exhibition in the Police Academy in Zagreb | |
| Born | 8 May 1955 Đurđevac, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance | Yugoslavia (1983–1990) Croatia (1990–1996) |
| Branch | Special police |
| Years of service | 1983–1996 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Commands | Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit |
| Battles / wars | Croatian War of Independence |
Mladen Markač (Croatian pronunciation: [mlâdɛn mârkatʃ]; born 8 May 1955) is a Croatian retired general. He was a Commander of Croatian Special Police during Operation Storm during the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995), and afterwards held the rank of Colonel General. Later, he was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes committed during Operation Storm by Croatian forces against the Serbs from Croatia. In April 2011, the ICTY found him guilty and sentenced him to 18 years.
On 16 November 2012, his conviction was overturned on all charges by the appeals panel at the ICTY, and he was immediately set free to a hero's welcome in Croatia.