Janko Bobetko

Janko Bobetko
General Janko Bobetko in 1957
Born	(1919-01-10)10 January 1919 Crnac (part of Sisak), Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	29 April 2003(2003-04-29) (aged 84) Zagreb, Republic of Croatia
Allegiance	Yugoslavia (1941–1991) Croatia (1991–2003)
Years of service	1945–1971 (JNA) 1992–1995 (HV)
Rank	Lieutenant General (JNA) General of the Army (HV)
Commands held	Chief of General Staff (HV) Commander of Southern Front (HV) Chief of Staff of 5th Army District (JNA) Political Commissar of 32nd Division Political Commissar of Brigade
Battles/wars	World War II Croatian War of Independence Operation Tiger Operation Maslenica Operation Jackal Operation Medak Pocket Operation Flash Operation Bura

Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti-fascist military unit during World War II in Yugoslavia. He later had a military career in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).

In 1992, Bobetko became the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Army (HV). He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1995. Bobetko had been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but died before he could be tried; a later verdict in another case found that he took part in the joint criminal enterprise against the non-Croat population during the Bosnian War.