Ante Gotovina

Ante Gotovina
Gotovina in 2015, at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm.
Nickname(s)Andrija Grabovac
Born (1955-10-12) 12 October 1955 (age 69)
Tkon, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
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Years of service1973–2000
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Ante Gotovina (born 12 October 1955) is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence.[1] He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges in connection with that operation and its aftermath.[2] After spending four years in hiding, he was captured in the Canary Islands in December 2005.[3]

On 15 April 2011, Gotovina was found guilty on 8 of the 9 counts of the indictment and sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment. On 16 November 2012, Gotovina's convictions were overturned by an appeals panel at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and he was released from custody.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Ivanković 2001.
  2. ^ "The Cases: Gotovina et al. (IT-06-90)". ICTY. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Top Croatian war crimes fugitive apprehended in Spain". CNN. 8 December 2005. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Tribunal Overturns Convictions of Croat Generals". Yahoo News. Associated Press. 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Croatia celebrates after Gotovina and Markac convictions overturned". The Australian. Agence France-Presse. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  6. ^ Kuzmanovic, Jasmina (16 November 2012). "Freed Croatian War Generals Return Home to Hero's Welcome". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.