June 10, 1959 - Jadranko Prlić
As the wartime head of government for Herzeg-Bosnia, Prlić held significant administrative authority during a conflict that produced some of the worst atrocities of the Bosnian war. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia held him responsible at the senior political level for crimes committed against Bosniak civilians, reflecting how the tribunal approached command and institutional accountability. His subsequent career in postwar Bosnian governance — including a role shaping the country's foreign policy — makes his case a notable study in the relationship between wartime authority and political legitimacy.
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Jadranko Prlić (pronounced [jâdraːŋko př̩ːlit͡ɕ]; born 10 June 1959) is a Bosnian Croat politician and convicted war criminal who served as Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1993 to 1996. From 1994 to 1996, he was the Federal Minister of Defence and from 1997 to 2001, the first Minister of Foreign Affairs after the Dayton Agreement.
In May 2013, Prlić was sentenced to 25 years by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for war crimes against Bosniaks during the Croat–Bosniak War.
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