What is Slobodan Praljak?
[[File:Slobodan Praljak (2013).jpg|thumb|Praljak in May 2013]] '''Slobodan Praljak''' (2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Croat]] [[engineer]], [[Movie director|movie]] and [[theatre]] director and army general. He was a general in the [[Croatian Army]] and the [[Croatian Defence Council]], an army of the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia]]. In 2013, he was one of six Bosnian Croat politicians sentenced at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for [[war crimes]] during the [[Croat–Bosniak War]]. He was jailed for twenty years. He directed many [[television show]]s and one movie, ''Povratak Katarine Kozul'' (1989). Praljak was born in Čapljina. He was married to Kaćuša Babić and had two [[stepchildren]]. On 29 November 2017, Praljak drank [[cyanide]] at the ICTY in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42163613|title=Praljak trial: Bosnian Croat war criminal 'takes poison' in court|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=29 November 2017|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> He later died at a hospital of [[heart failure]] at the age of 72.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/nov/29/un-war-crimes-defendant-claims-to-drink-poison-at-trial-in-hague-slobodan-praljak|title=Bosnian Croat war criminal dies after drinking poison in UN courtroom|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=29 November 2017|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0695182}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Praljak, Slobodan}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Croatian movie directors]] [[Category:Criminals who committed suicide]] [[Category:Yugoslavian engineers]] [[Category:Generals]] [[Category:People who committed suicide in prison custody]] [[Category:Prisoners]] [[Category:Suicides by poison]] <!--[[Category:Suicides in the Netherlands]]--> [[Category:War criminals]] {{Bio-stub}}