Ante Kotromanović (; born 8 May 1968) is

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n politician and army officer who served as Defense Minister of Croatia from December 2011 until January 2016.

Biography

Kotromanović was born in Potravlje near

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. He graduated from Command and Staff Academy "Blago Zadro" and War College "Ban Josip Jelačić". In 1990 he became a member of the special forces of the Croatian police. A year later, in 1991, he became commander of special forces

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in headquarters of the

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. In 1992, he was named commander of a

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in teaching center in Sinj. From 1993 till 1996 he was commander of the 126th Sinj Brigade and Sinj Operational Zone. From 1996 till 19 October 1999 he was commander of the 4th Guard Brigade. After that, he attended War College "Ban Josip Jelačić", and in 2001 he was named commander of the

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Divisional District. In 2002 he retired from army service. From 11 January 2008 until 22 December 2011 he was Member of ''

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'', after which he became Minister of Defence under

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as Prime Minister.

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