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Pavao Miljavac

1953 – 2022

Croatian soldier and politician

Politician Military personnel
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About Pavao Miljavac

Lived 1953 – 2022 (aged 69). Pavao Miljavac was a Croatian politician and military personnel.

Pavao Miljavac (3 April 1953 – 6 December 2022 ) was a Croatian Army general.

He served as Chief of General Staff between 1996 and 1998, and between October 1998 and January 2000 he served as Croatia's Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Zlatko Mateša, following Andrija Hebrang's resignation.

He ran in the January 2000 general election on the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) ticket, and won a seat in the Croatian Parliament. However, he left the party three months later and joined the newly established splinter party Democratic Centre in April 2000, along with other prominent HDZ members such as Vesna Škare-Ožbolt and Mate Granić.

Miljavac left politics after 2003. He owned a wood processing facility in Novigrad na Dobri.

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Important facts

Born
3 April 1953, Maletići
Birth century
20th century
Died
6 December 2022
Occupation
Politician, military personnel
Nationality
Croatia
Positions held
Representative in the Croatian Parliament, Minister of Defence

People in Pavao Miljavac's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of Mate Granić
Mate Granić
b. 1947
Diplomat
 Portrait of Zlatko Mateša
Zlatko Mateša
b. 1949
Politician
 Portrait of Andrija Hebrang
Andrija Hebrang
b. 1946
Politician
 Portrait of Vesna Škare-Ožbolt
Vesna Škare-Ožbolt
b. 1961
Politician

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Pavao Miljavac's

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Adriaan Cornelis Zaanen
1913 – 2003
Mathematician
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Alessandro Faedo
1913 – 2001
Mathematician
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Bernard Lovell
1913 – 2012
Astronomer
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Maurice Wilkes
1913 – 2010
Computer scientist
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Willi Hennig
1913 – 1976
Biologist
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Adriaan Blaauw
1914 – 2010
Astronomer

Frequently asked questions

Who was Pavao Miljavac?

Croatian soldier and politician (1953–2022)

When was Pavao Miljavac born?

Pavao Miljavac was born on 3 April 1953 in Maletići.

When did Pavao Miljavac die?

Pavao Miljavac died on 6 December 2022.

What was Pavao Miljavac's occupation?

Pavao Miljavac was a politician and military personnel.

What nationality was Pavao Miljavac?

Pavao Miljavac was Croatian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pavao Miljavac

· Wikidata: Q3513267

· DBpedia: Pavao Miljavac

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