Pavao Miljavac

Pavao Miljavac (born 3 April 1953) is a retired Croatian Army general.

Pavao Miljavac
Born	(1953-04-03)3 April 1953 Maletići near Netretić, FPR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Croatian Army
Rank	General (General zbora)
Commands held	Chief of General Staff (1996–1998)

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.[1]

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.[2]

Miljavac left politics after 2003. He owns a wood processing facility in Novigrad na Dobri.[3]

References

1. "Sixth Government". The Government of the Republic of Croatia - chronology. Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
2. "Pavao Miljavac - DC". Zastupnici 4. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
3. Eduard Šoštarić (2005-08-01). "Generals". Nacional #507. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 2011-02-01.

Military offices
Preceded by Zvonimir Červenko	0Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces0 1996–1998	Succeeded by Davor Domazet-Lošo
Political offices
Preceded by Andrija Hebrang	Minister of Defence 1998–2000	Succeeded by Jozo Radoš