Mladen
Markač (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, he was found not guilty on
all charges by the appeals panel at the ICTY, and immediately set free. A
government plane flew him home, where he received a hero's welcome across all
of Croatia.
Early Life and Career
Mladen
Markač was born in 1955 in Đurđevac, in the Republic of Croatia, then part of
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). In 1981, he graduated from
the University of Zagreb, and in 1982, he completed his compulsory military
service. He then joined the police force of the SFRY Ministry of the Interior.
In
1990, Markač and others established a police unit for special tasks in the
Ministry of the Interior. He was appointed Deputy Commander and in late 1990,
this unit became the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit. In 1991, Mladen Markač was
appointed the head of the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit. In 1992, he was promoted
to the rank of Colonel General (reserve).
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