Bosnian-Croat war chief. Slobodan Praljak was a Bosnian general of the Croatian Army and led the Defence Council of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. He voluntarily joined the newly formed Armed Forces after the outbreak of the domestic War of Independence in 1991. Before and after the war he was an engineer, a sociology professor, a television and theatre director, as well as a businessman. In 2004, Praljak voluntarily surrendered and was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Alongside five other officials, in 2013 they were found guilty of war crimes against the Bosnian Muslim population during the Croat-Bosniak War. He was convicted of committing violations of the laws of war, crimes against humanity and breaches of the Geneva Conventions and was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Upon hearing the guilty verdict upheld during his appeal trial in November 2017, Praljak stated to the courtroom, "with disdain I reject your verdict!" He then committed suicide before the court judges by drinking potassium cyanide and died of heart failure shortly thereafter.∼Suicide by poison after being found guilty of war crimes.
Bosnian-Croat war chief. Slobodan Praljak was a Bosnian general of the Croatian Army and led the Defence Council of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. He voluntarily joined the newly formed Armed Forces after the outbreak of the domestic War of Independence in 1991. Before and after the war he was an engineer, a sociology professor, a television and theatre director, as well as a businessman. In 2004, Praljak voluntarily surrendered and was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Alongside five other officials, in 2013 they were found guilty of war crimes against the Bosnian Muslim population during the Croat-Bosniak War. He was convicted of committing violations of the laws of war, crimes against humanity and breaches of the Geneva Conventions and was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Upon hearing the guilty verdict upheld during his appeal trial in November 2017, Praljak stated to the courtroom, "with disdain I reject your verdict!" He then committed suicide before the court judges by drinking potassium cyanide and died of heart failure shortly thereafter.∼Suicide by poison after being found guilty of war crimes.
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