Enver Hadžihasanović (born 7 July 1950) is a former Bosnian

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of the

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and convicted war criminal.

Biography

Hadžihasanović was born in

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in 1950 in the

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Military career

Hadžihasanović graduated from the military academy in Belgrade in 1973. He then was transferred to the military stations in

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and

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. As

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first class he led the command in the military academy in

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. After that school closed, he was given the rank of

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and commanded the battalion of the military police of the 7th Army in 1988. After a while he was given the command of the 49th Motorized Brigade. That brigade was later transformed into a mechanized brigade; at the end of 1989 he was the commander of that brigade, with the rank of

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Military house confinement

In the beginning of April 1992, Hadžihasanović was sentenced to military house confinement in Sarajevo by the

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, after which he deserted the JNA.

Bosnian war

After Enver quit the JNA, he joined the Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina (TO RBiH) of Bosnia. On 14 November 1992 Enver became the commander of the

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(ARBiH). He held that position until 1 November 1993 when he became the exchange chief of staff of the high command of the ARBiH.

After the war

From 1996 to 2000, when he retired, Hadžihasanović was a member of the Chief of Staff of the Federation Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

War crimes

Hadzihasanović was found guilty for failing to prevent the death of a prisoner of war and cruel treatment, on the basis of superior criminal responsibility and sentenced to five years in prison. He appealed against the first-instance judgment and was released provisionally in June 2007 pending the judgement of the Appeals Chamber. On 22 April 2008 the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reduced his sentence to 3½ years.

Military ranks

Yugoslav People's Army

*1973 – Captain first class *1988 –

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*1989 –

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Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

*1993 –

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*1997 – Division general *1998 –

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References

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