Gordana Garašić

Major General Gordana Garašić is a Croatian army officer and that country's first female general officer. A human resources expert, she has been posted to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Garašić has also served as an adviser to the Croatian delegations to NATO and the European Union and as an adviser to the Croatian president.

Career Garašić joined the Croatian Ministry of Defence in 1995 after graduating from law school. She had intended to join the Ministry of the Interior but reported to the defence ministry by mistake and was appointed as a senior counsellor in the Human Resources department. Garašić was posted to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for six months in 2010 as head of personal affairs in Regional Command North. Her contribution to the integration of women into the police force was recognised in December 2014 when the Afghan government awarded her a medal for achievement. Garašić was appointed to the permanent rank of brigadier general in 2015 and is currently Deputy Director of RACVIAC, an international security co-operation mission based in Croatia.