Enver Hadžihasanović

Enver Hadžihasanović (7 July 1950 – 16 December 2024) was a Bosnian chief of staff of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography Hadžihasanović was born in 1950 in Zvornik, at the time part of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia.

Military career Hadžihasanović graduated from the military academy in Belgrade in 1973. He then was transferred to the military stations in Tuzla and Sarajevo. As captain first class he led the command in the military academy in Belgrade. After that school closed, he was given the rank of major 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 lieutenant colonel.

Military house confinement In the beginning of April 1992, Hadžihasanović was sentenced to military house confinement in Sarajevo by the Yugoslav People's Army, after which he deserted the JNA.

War crimes Hadžihasanović was found guilty of 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 years.

Military ranks Yugoslav People's Army 1973 – Captain first class 1988 – Major 1989 – Lieutenant colonel

Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993 – Brigadier general 1997 – Division general 1998 – Major general