Sakib Mahmuljin

Sakib Mahmuljin (born 13 October 1952[1]) is a former Bosnian Army (ARBiH) brigadier general and deputy minister of defense in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a senior official of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA). He was born in Kozarac.[1]

Brigadier General

Sakib Mahmuljin
Deputy Minister of Defence of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
18 December 1996 – 12 March 2001
Prime MinisterEdhem Bičakčić
MinisterAnte Jelavić (1996–1998)
Miroslav Prce (1998–2001)
Preceded byHasan Čengić
Succeeded byFerid Buljubašić
Personal details
Born (1952-10-13) 13 October 1952
Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
NationalityBosniak
Political partyParty of Democratic Action
Military service
AllegianceRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Branch/serviceArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Years of service1992–1996
RankBrigadier general
Commands3rd Corps
Battles/wars

Durin the Bosnian War Mahmuljin served in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) and from September 1994, he was the last wartime Commander of its 3rd Corps. His two brothers Omer and Nagib were killed at the Omarska camp.[2] Mahmuljin tried to put the mujahideens units under control of ARBiH.[2]

After the war he became Deputy Minister of Defense,[3] also travelling abroad to strenghten defense ties with countries such as Pakistan.[4]

Mahmuljin was later indicted for war crimes for failing to prevent or punish those foreign Islamist fighters who tortured and killed some 50 Bosnian Serb prisoners of war in July–October 1995 in the area of Vozuća[1] (cf. battle_of_Vozuća). Arrested on 8 December 2015, Mahmuljin was released the next day.[5] On 4 February 2016 he pleaded not guilty.[6] In January 2021, Mahmuljin was condemned in first instance to 10 years.[7][8]

References
  1. V 2015.
  2. Sebina Sivac-Bryant (13 May 2016). Re-Making Kozarac: Agency, Reconciliation and Contested Return in Post-War Bosnia. Springer. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-137-58838-8.
  3. Balcanica. 14. Balcanica. 1997. p. 13.
  4. Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific. BBC Monitoring. 1999.
  5. "General Sakib Mahmuljin na slobodi!". Avaz. 9 December 2015.
  6. "Sakib Mahmuljin se izjasnio da nije kriv". Fokus.
  7. Reuters
  8. SARAJEVO, January 22 (FENA) - Former Commander of the Third Corps of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sakib Mahmuljin, was sentenced today by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to 10 years in prison by a first instance verdict. The Indictment alleges that during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an armed conflict between the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 'the Army of the Republika Srpska' (VRS) in the Zavidovići Municipality, the Accused Sakib Mahmuljin, in his capacity as the Commander of the 3rd Corps of the BiH Army, under which 'El Mujahidin' detachment also operated, during 1995 and the military operation of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the wider area of Zavidovići and Vozuća, within which members of the "El Mujahidin" detachment committed war crimes against prisoners of war and Serb civilians in that area, he did not do anything to prevent the said crime, although he had information that members of this detachment were preparing to commit the crime, and that after the crime was committed he did not do anything to punish the perpetrators of the crime. The indictment charged Sakib Mahmuljin with the criminal offenses of War Crimes against Prisoners of War, War Crimes against the Wounded and Sick and War Crimes against Civilians, stated the BiH Court. FENA

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