Stjepan Šiber
Stjepan Šiber (20 August 1938 – 25 August 2016) was a Bosnian brigadier general and politician who. After finishing high school in Gradačac, he went to Ljubljana, where he finished schooling at the military academy. Afterward, he became an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army. By 1992, he had become a lieutenant colonel. In 2000, he was elected to the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Stjepan Šiber | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1938 Gradačac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Died | 25 August 2016 (aged 78) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service | |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Battles/wars | Bosnian War |
Bosnian War edit
In April 1992, he was accepted into a seat in the Presidency of Bosnia and replaced the commanding general of the army.[2] Then, in 1993, he was promoted to brigadier general and obtained a seat in the embassy of Bosnia in Switzerland.
Postwar edit
He was a member of the Republican Party, together with Stjepan Kljuić, a fellow wartime member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
References edit
- ^ Bose, Sumantra (2002). Bosnia after Dayton: nationalist partition and international intervention. Oxford University Press US. p. 229. ISBN 9780195158489. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ Kohlmann, Evan (2004). Al-Qaida's jihad in Europe: the Afghan-Bosnian network. Berg Publishers. p. 90. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
Stjepan Siber.