Željko Glasnović
Major general Željko Glasnović | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Željko Glasnović |
| Born | February 24, 1954 Zagreb, Croatia |
| Allegiance | Canadian Army French Foreign Legion Croatian National Guard Croatian Defence Council Croatian Army |
| Battles/wars | Gulf war Croatian war for independence Bosnian war |
| Spouse(s) | not married |
| Children | no children |
| Other work | Croatian Parliament (MP) |
Željko Glasnović (February 24, 1954) is former Croatian military officer and politician. He is member of Independents for Croatia.
Biography
He was born in Zagreb in 1954 in family of Kosovo Croats. When his family emigrated to Canada, he became member of Canadian Army in which he served for five years. Next year and a half he spend in French Foreign Legion. He fought in Gulf war.
Following excalation of Croatian war for independence, he returned to homeland and join Croatian National Guard in 1991.[1] He was military commoandmant in Lika, but after the Fall of Vukovar in November 1991, he was moved to Tomislavgrad, where he joined Battalion "Zrinski". He was hardly wounded around the heart in the Battle of Kupres. His soldiers transported him from Bugojno to franciscan monastery in Rama. Next two months he spend in Split hospital but he escaped and returned to Kupres front. He was known as a very strict commander requesting high level of discipline.[1]
In 1994, he became commandment of 1st brigade of Croatian Defence Council. He participated in Cincar operation and Operation Storm. President Stipe Mesić retired him in 2000.[1]
Politics
He wasn't politicaly active until Croatian parliamentary election, 2015. He was elected in the Croatian Parliament as a member of Patriotic Coalition in IX district, reserved for Croatian diaspora. During his first MP term (2015-2016) in 11th constitution, he was memeber of the Committee on Croats outside the Republic of Croatia, War Veterans Committee, Interparliamentary Co-operation Committee and Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the NATO.[2] Althought he was elected on HDZ list, he wasn't member of the party.
For the 2016 elections he formed independent list and won one seat in Croatian diaspora.[3] Presently, he joined Independents for Croatia.
He is calling upon lustration and decommunisation of Croatia.
Refernces
- ^ a b c Večernji list Biographies: Željko Gasnović, retired general Večernji list, published 1 Deecember 2016, accesdate 9 February 2018
- ^ Željko Glasnović Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ Croatian Parliamentary elections, 2016 - Results, district XI (diaspora) State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2018-02-09.