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Bosnian general
Mehmed Alagi?
(8 July 1947
[1]
? 7 March 2003
[2]
) was a Bosnian general in the
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
Military career
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Mehmed Alagi? graduated from the
Yugoslav People's Army
(JNA)
military academy
in
Banja Luka
in 1970. Later he became the commander of the military academy. In 1986, he became commander of the 36th mechanised brigade and in 1989 commander of the
Zrenjanin
brigade as part of the Novi Sad Corps.
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Bosnian War
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Alagi? left the JNA in February 1991. On 13 December 1993 he served in the 17th Krajina Brigade of the 3rd Corps of the
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
. On 8 March 1993 he became commander of the Operational Group (OG)
Bosnian Krajina
within the 3rd Corps. He became commander of the 3rd Corps on 1 November 1993.
After the war
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In March 1996, as a member of the
SDA
party, Alagi? was elected for the
mayor
of
Sanski Most
municipality
and a member of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
's Parliament.
In 2001 he was indicted for war crimes at the ICTY, but died before the trial commenced. Subsequent to his death, the case was terminated. His co-defendants were convicted and served jail time.
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In December 2019,
Sarajevo Canton
initiated a process to name a major street in the city in General Alagi?'s honour.
Military Ranks
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Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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References
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