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He was born in Zagreb in 1954 in a family of [[ |
He was born in Zagreb in 1954 in a family of [[Kosovo Croats]]. His family emigrated to [[Canada]] in 1962, where he became a member of the [[Canadian Army]], in which he served for five years. The next year and a half he spent in the [[French Foreign Legion]]. He fought in the [[Gulf war]]. |
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Very little is known about his life post military service in Canada but it is assumed that because he joined [[French Foreign Legion]], he likely did it for the reasons that most FFL mercenaries join, likes of [[Arkan]] and [[Legija]] for example. French Foreign Legion is commonly a place where those with shady and criminal past come. They get new French name and their criminal background does not matter. French Foreign Legion is a mercenary military. |
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He does not speak fluent Croatian, he often makes non-native mistakes, but somehow still manages to use hooligan street slang during his speeches at the Croatian parliament that he most likely improved on throughout his military service in French Foreign Legion as there were likely many Serbian, Bosnian (Muslim) other world’s criminals like [[Arkan]] seeking fame and glory in French Foreign Legion where he likely used Serbo-Croatian. [reference needed]. It is interesting to mention that [[Arkan]] one of Europe's biggest criminals and Glasnovic both French Foreign Legion trained, both pledged allegiance to France and FFL, met on opposite sides during the wars in SFR [[Yugoslavia]] more precisely, the Battle of [[Vukovar]]. Once colleagues turned enemies, but that is a typical life of mercenaries. |
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Following escalation of the [[Croatian war for independence]], he returned to homeland and joined the [[Croatian National Guard]] in 1991.<ref name=vecernji>[https://www.vecernji.hr/enciklopedija/zeljko-glasnovic-18307 Večernji list Biographies: Željko Gasnović, retired general] Večernji list, published 1 December 2016, accessdate 9 February 2018</ref> He was a military commanding officer in [[Lika]], but after the [[Battle of Vukovar|Fall of Vukovar]] in November 1991, he was moved to [[Tomislavgrad]], where he joined Battalion "Zrinski". He was severely wounded around the [[heart]] in the [[Battle of Kupres (1992)|Battle of Kupres]]. His soldiers transported him from [[Bugojno]] to Franciscan monastery in Rama. The next two months he spent in a Split hospital but he escaped and returned to the Kupres front. He was known as a very strict commander demanding a high level of discipline.<ref name=vecernji/> |
Following escalation of the [[Croatian war for independence]], he returned to homeland and joined the [[Croatian National Guard]] in 1991.<ref name=vecernji>[https://www.vecernji.hr/enciklopedija/zeljko-glasnovic-18307 Večernji list Biographies: Željko Gasnović, retired general] Večernji list, published 1 December 2016, accessdate 9 February 2018</ref> He was a military commanding officer in [[Lika]], but after the [[Battle of Vukovar|Fall of Vukovar]] in November 1991, he was moved to [[Tomislavgrad]], where he joined Battalion "Zrinski". He was severely wounded around the [[heart]] in the [[Battle of Kupres (1992)|Battle of Kupres]]. His soldiers transported him from [[Bugojno]] to Franciscan monastery in Rama. The next two months he spent in a Split hospital but he escaped and returned to the Kupres front. He was known as a very strict commander demanding a high level of discipline.<ref name=vecernji/> |
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Major general Željko Glasnović | |
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 Željko Glasnović, 2018 | |
| Birth name | Željko Glasnović |
| Born | 24 February 1954 Zagreb, PR Croatia |
| Allegiance | Canadian Army French Foreign Legion Croatian National Guard Croatian Defence Council Croatian Army |
| Battles/wars | Gulf War Croatian War of Independence Bosnian War |
| Spouse(s) | not married |
| Children | no children |
| Other work | Croatian Parliament (MP) |
Željko Glasnović (born 24 February 1954) is a former Croatian military officer and far-right politician.[1] He is a member of Croatian Parliament's club called Independents for Croatia.
Biography
He was born in Zagreb in 1954 in a family of Kosovo Croats. His family emigrated to Canada in 1962, where he became a member of the Canadian Army, in which he served for five years. The next year and a half he spent in the French Foreign Legion. He fought in the Gulf war.
Following escalation of the Croatian war for independence, he returned to homeland and joined the Croatian National Guard in 1991.[2] He was a military commanding officer in Lika, but after the Fall of Vukovar in November 1991, he was moved to Tomislavgrad, where he joined Battalion "Zrinski". He was severely wounded around the heart in the Battle of Kupres. His soldiers transported him from Bugojno to Franciscan monastery in Rama. The next two months he spent in a Split hospital but he escaped and returned to the Kupres front. He was known as a very strict commander demanding a high level of discipline.[2]
In 1994, he became commanding officer of 1st brigade of the Croatian Defence Council. He participated in Cincar operation and Operation Storm. President Stipe Mesić retired him in 2000.[2]
Politics
He was not politically active until the 2015 Croatian parliamentary election. He was elected into 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 electoral district, he was member 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.[3] Although he was elected on HDZ list, he was not a member of the party.
For the 2016 elections he formed independent list and won one seat in Croatian Parliament representing the diaspora.[4] Presently, he joined Independents for Croatia.
He is calling upon lustration and decommunisation of Croatia.
Honorary guest at the German extreme right wing congress
In 2018, he was an honorary guest at a party congress of the ultranationalist National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in the town of Büdingen. On the congress, he confirmed for the media that NPD members fought alongside him during the Croatian war of independence and Bosnian war.[5] He stated that during the 1990s war “they (NPD members) fought for the values of the West, Christianity, moral integrity, working habits and identity”. He added that he shared NPD’s world view, in particularly “patriotism, nation, religion and shared European values”. When asked if he was a Neo-Nazi – how usually the NPD party is referred to – he refused to directly reply to the question, but added that he is much closer to NPD, than to “communists” from Croatia “who are under a mask of cosmopolitanism and democracy”.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b DW Željko Glasnović - Honorary guest at the German extreme right wing congress
- ^ a b c Večernji list Biographies: Željko Gasnović, retired general Večernji list, published 1 December 2016, accessdate 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.
- ^ Spiegle.de Und morgen schon tot, 21.09.1992
- ^ Faktograf Glasnović works with NPD, and NPD with neo-Nazis and pro-Chetnik Serbian action
