Janko Bobetko | |
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 General Janko Bobetko in 1957 | |
| Born | 10 January 1919 Crnac (part of Sisak), Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 29 April 2003 (aged 84) Zagreb, Republic of Croatia |
| Allegiance |  Yugoslavia (1941–1991) Croatia (1991–2003) |
| Years of service | 1945–1971 (JNA) 1992–1995 (HV) |
| Rank | Lieutenant General (JNA) General of the Army (HV) |
| Commands | Chief of General Staff (HV) Commander of Southern Front (HV) Chief of Staff of 5th Army District (JNA) Political Commissar of 32nd Division Political Commissar of Brigade |
| Battles / wars | World War II Croatian War of Independence |
Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti-fascist military unit during World War II in Yugoslavia. He later had a military career in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).
In 1992, Bobetko became the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Army (HV). He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1995. Bobetko had been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but died before he could be tried; a later verdict in another case found that he took part in the joint criminal enterprise against the non-Croat population during the Bosnian War.