Ante Jelavić
Colonel General Ante Jelavić | |
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1st President of the Croatian National Assembly | |
In office 28 October 2000 – 4 May 2002 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Dragan Čović |
5th Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 13 October 1998 – 7 March 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Spasoje Tuševljak Martin Raguž |
Preceded by | Krešimir Zubak |
Succeeded by | Jozo Križanović |
3rd Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 15 June 1999 – 14 February 2000 | |
Preceded by | Živko Radišić |
Succeeded by | Alija Izetbegović |
2nd Minister of Defence of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 18 December 1996 – 13 October 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Edhem Bičakčić |
Preceded by | Jadranko Prlić |
Succeeded by | Miroslav Prce |
7th President of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 17 May 1998 – 4 May 2002 | |
Preceded by | Božo Rajić |
Succeeded by | Bariša Čolak |
Personal details | |
Born | (1963-08-21) August 21, 1963 Podprolog, Vrgorac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Citizenship | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia |
Nationality | Croat |
Political party | Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Yugoslavia (1986–1991) Croatia (1991) Herzeg-Bosnia (1991–1996) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996) |
Service/branch | Yugoslav People's Army 1986–1991) Croatian National Guard (1991) Croatian Defence Council (1991–1996) Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996) |
Years of service | 1991–1996 |
Rank | Colonel General Colonel General Major General |
Unit | Croatian Defence Council |
Commands | Croatian Defence Council |
Battles/wars | Bosnian War Croatian War of Independence |
Awards | Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski Order of Ban Jelačić Order of the Croatian Trefoil Homeland's Gratitude Medal |
Ante Jelavić[pronunciation?] (born 21 August 1963) is a Bosnian Croat politician and former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jelavić was born in 1963 in Podprolog, Vrgorac, Croatia, then Yugoslavia, and was elected to the post as a candidate of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jelavić served as Chairman of the Presidency from 15 June 1999, to 14 February 2000. He was removed from his position on the three-member Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina by decision of the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, in March 2001. Petritsch justified his decision by observing that Jelavić had "directly violated the constitutional order of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Bosnia and Herzegovina"; in particular he cited Jelavić's leading role in the 'Croat National Assembly' rally in Mostar of 3 March 2001, calling for a separate governing entity for Bosnian Croats.[1]
On 22 January 2004, he was arrested in his home in Mostar, on charges of corruption. On 4 November 2005, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo found Jelavić guilty of abuse of office, embezzlement of office, and lack of commitment in office. The findings of guilt related, in part, to the use of funds from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Defence to purchase shares in banking and insurance firms Hercegovačka Banka and Herzegovina Osiguranje. Judge Malcolm Simmons[who?] presided,[2] A sentence of ten years imprisonment was subsequently pronounced, although Jelavić was not present at the sentencing hearing[why?] and remained at large.[citation needed]
His attorney, Dragan Barbarić, acting in his client's absence, initiated a successful appeal against the first instance verdict on the grounds that it lacked proper factual description of the offence and as such was in violation of criminal procedural law. On 4 July 2006, with the verdict revoked, the appeal panel, presided over by Judge Nedžad Popovac, called for new proceedings in which evidence presented at the first trial will be re-presented and in which new evidence may also be presented.[3]
References
^ Decision removing Jelavić from his position as the Croat member of the BiH Presidency Archived 5 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine., ohr.int, 7 March 2001.
^ Case KPV-10/04, sudbih.gov.ba; accessed 13 August 2015.
^ Case KPŽ-47/05, sudbih.gov.ba; accessed 13 August 2015.