Pavao Miljavac (3 April 1953 – 6 December 2022[1])[2] was a Croatian Army general.
Pavao Miljavac | |
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| Born | 3 April 1953 Maletići near Netretić, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 6 December 2022 (aged 69) Zagreb, Croatia |
| Allegiance | Croatian Army |
| Rank | General (General zbora) |
| Commands | Chief of General Staff (1996–1998) |
He served as Chief of General Staff between 1996 and 1998, and between October 1998 and January 2000 he served as Croatia's Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Zlatko Mateša, following Andrija Hebrang's resignation.[3]
He ran in the January 2000 general election on the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) ticket, and won a seat in the Croatian Parliament. However, he left the party three months later and joined the newly established splinter party Democratic Centre in April 2000, along with other prominent HDZ members such as Vesna Škare-Ožbolt and Mate Granić.[4]
Miljavac left politics after 2003. He owned a wood processing facility in Novigrad na Dobri.[5]
References
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- ^ Žabec, Krešimir; Špoljar, Marko (2022-12-06). "Umro je umirovljeni general Pavao Miljavac". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "Sixth Government". The Government of the Republic of Croatia - chronology. Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ "Pavao Miljavac - DC". Zastupnici 4. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ Eduard Šoštarić (2005-08-01). "Generals". Nacional #507. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 2011-02-01.