Arif Pašalić

Arif Pašalić (August 31, 194322 October 1997 [http://www.un.org/icty/transe21/971022it.htm ICTY Transcript: Arif Pasalic ICTY testimony] ] - April 26, 1998) was a Bosnian military officer who commanded the 4th Corps of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBIH) during the Bosnian war.

Life

Pašalić was born in the hamlet of Janjići in the Zenica municipality. He enrolled in a secondary school for army officers in 1963. In 1967 he was commissioned as an officer in the Yugoslav National Army (JNA). From 1977 until 1979 he attended a the JNA staff and command college in Belgrade.

When the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina began to heat up early 1992, Pašalić was stationed in Sarajevo. He left the JNA in March, 1992 with the rank of "potpukovnik", the Yugoslav eqvivalent of Lieutenant colonel.

In April 1992 Pašalić arrived in Mostar and joined the local Territorial defence (TO) formation. On November 17, 1992 Pašalić personally inaugurated the 4th Corps of the ARBIH. He commanded the 4th Corps through much of the Croat-Bosniak war. Following the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina Pašalić became a top officer in the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Death

He was killed in an automobile accident near Drežnica, Mostar on April 26, 1998, aged 54. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F98E3187AE18044&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM BBC News archive:Bosnian army commander dies in car crash] . ]

References

External links

[http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/serbian_digest/108/t108-9.htm Pašalić's complaints about ceasefire]