The Homeland War Memorial ( hr, Spomenica Domovinskog rata) is a
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n state medal awarded to both Croatian and foreign citizens who participated in the nation's
Croatian War of Independence as a volunteer, part of the
Croatian Army
The Croatian Army ( hr, Hrvatska kopnena vojska or HKoV) is the largest and most significant component of the Croatian Armed Forces (CAF).
Role and deployment
The fundamental role and purpose of the Croatian Army is to protect vital national i ...
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Croatian Council of Defence or in some other role.
The medal was widely granted, given to over 430,000 people who participated in the war in some form. Much less number has been given in its first and original form Spomenica Domovinskog rata 1990.-1992. to those who participated in the resistance and early days of the formation of the Croatian state and army in the period 1990-1992, and as such was established on the 9th of June 1992.
Notable recipients
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Imra Agotic
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Mate Boban
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Radimir Čačić
Radimir Čačić (; born 11 May 1949) is a Croatian politician and businessman who has been President of the People's Party – Reformists (NS-R) since the party's formation in 2014, as well as Prefect of Varaždin County since 2017.
Čačić p ...
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Zvonimir Cervenko
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Frane Vinko Golem
Frane Vinko Golem (4 October 1938 – 11 August 2007) was a Croatian diplomat and politician.
Golem, a physician by profession, was the Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 1990 to May 1991. In 1992 he founded the Department for End ...
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Josip Jovic
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Ante Kotromanovic
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Alfred Freddy Krupa
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Slobodan Lang
Slobodan Lang (8 October 1945 – 23 February 2016) was a Croatian physician, professor, diplomat, Member of Parliament, politician and Adviser for Humanitarian Issues of the first Croatian president, Franjo Tuđman.
Background and education
Lang ...
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Sveto Letica
Sveto Letica (4 April 1926 – 6 November 2001) was a Croatian admiral, and the first commander of the Croatian Navy.
Biography
Letica was born in 1926 in Podgora, where he was involved in creating a Partisan Navy in 1942. He graduated at the ...
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Josip Lucic
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Predrag Matić
Predrag Fred Matić (born 2 June 1962) is a Croatian centre-left politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a Member of European Parliament since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Veterans' Affairs from 2011 to 2016 ...
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Rudolf Perešin
Rudolf Perešin (25 March 1958 – 2 May 1995) was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter ...
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Željko Reiner
Željko Reiner (born 28 May 1953) is a Croatian physician, politician, university professor, member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and former Minister of Health and Social Welfare who served as the 10th Speaker of the Croatian Parlia ...
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Daniel Srb
Daniel Srb (; born 23 November 1964) is a Croatian right-wing politician and president of the Croatian Party of Rights.
Early life and education
Srb was born in Osijek on 23 November 1964.
He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and Shi ...
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Predrag Stipanović
Predrag Stipanović (born 1964) is a Croatian rear admiral, since January 2018 serving as the Croatian Military Representative to NATO .
Biography
Stipanović was born in 1964 in Osijek. He graduated from the 37th class of the Naval War Academy ...
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Petar Stipetić
Petar Stipetić (24 October 1937 – 14 March 2018) was a Croatian general who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia from 2000 until 2002.
Education and service in Yugoslav People's Army
Stipetić was born in ...
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Franjo Tuđman - ''(as the
President of Croatia
The president of Croatia, officially the President of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske), is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the military and chief representative of the Republic of Croatia both within the ...
, presented to him by
Nedjeljko Mihanović, the President of
Sabor
The Croatian Parliament ( hr, Hrvatski sabor) or the Sabor is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Croatia. Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the people and is vested with legislative power. The Sabo ...
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References
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Croatian War of Independence
Orders, decorations, and medals of Croatia
Awards established in 1995
1995 establishments in Croatia
Campaign medals
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