Gojko Šušak

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Gojko Šušak was a Croatian politician and wartime Minister of Defence who played a key role in leading Croatia’s military efforts during the Croatian War of Independence.

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instanceOf Croatian politician
defence minister
government minister
human
associatedWith Croatian diaspora in Canada
burialPlace Mirogoj Cemetery
causeOfDeath lung cancer
countryOfCitizenship Canada
Croatia
dateOfBirth 1945-03-16
dateOfDeath 1998-05-03
educatedAt University of Rijeka
employer Government of Croatia
ethnicGroup Croats
familyName Šušak
givenName Gojko
hasCitizenship Canada
Croatia
hasHonorificTitle war-time Minister of Defence of Croatia
hasRole civilian leader in wartime
influenced Croatian military strategy in the 1990s
languageSpoken Croatian
English
memberOfPoliticalParty Croatian Democratic Union
militaryConflict Bosnian War
Croatian War of Independence
movement Croatian independence movement
nativeLanguage Croatian
notableFor close political ally of Franjo Tuđman
key role in organizing and leading Croatian armed forces in the early 1990s
notableWork leadership of Croatian defence policy during the Croatian War of Independence
occupation businessman
politician
officeContested Croatian Parliament
participatedIn creation and consolidation of the Croatian Armed Forces
partOf Croatian government during the Croatian War of Independence
placeOfBirth FPR Yugoslavia
linked to: Yugoslavia

PR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Široki Brijeg
placeOfDeath Croatia
Zagreb
positionHeld Minister of Defence of Croatia
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Ottawa
Zagreb
sexOrGender male
workLocation Zagreb

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Operation Storm commander Gojko Šušak