Razgovor:Mate Boban

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Mate Boban
Mate Boban

Mate Boban (1940-July 7,1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician. He was born in Grude in Western Herzegovina.


Sadržaj

[uredi] Pre war Life

Prioir to the war he managed a publishing company in Imotski, Croatia and subsequently was a bureucrat in a tobacoo factory in Zagreb. Although he had been a member of the communist party since the 1950s he joined the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) A nationalist Croat party as soon as it was founded. He was eventually elected to the Bosnian parliament and served as HDZ vice-president before rising to the position of party president in Bosnia.


[uredi] Estabilishing Herzeg-Bosnia

On November 18, 1991 Boban proclaimed the existence of the 'Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia', as a separate "political, cultural, economic and territorial whole," on the territory of Bosnia. This was in keeping with an agreement between Croatian president Franjo Tudjman and Serbian president Slobodan Milošević to divide Bosnia between themselves, which many Bosniaks claimed to have happened, but staying in tune with evidence; there was no proof of such thing. Boban met with Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic during May 1992 in Graz, Austria where they agreed on mutual cooperation in the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which once again Bosniaks claimed happened. The most well known were Blaž Kraljević and Tomislav Dretar. Kraljevic was lured to a meeting on August 9th, 1992 and was assassinated along with 8 of his deputies. Dretar survived assassination attempts but was isolated in the Bihac enclave throughout the war.


[uredi] Bosnian War

The deal called for the Serbs to aid the Croats in defeating the Bosniaks and carving a piece of Bosnia and incorporating it into Croatia, although this never happened. Tensions mounted from June 1992 until early 1993. After many Croat and Bosniak provocations and hostile acts, open warfare broke out in April 1993 between Croats and Bosniaks. The Croat militia, The HVO, attacked and expelled Bosniaks from southern BiH while Bosniaks expelled more people from central BiH. They both committed many atrocities against civilians. By early 1994 the tide was turning against the Boban lead Croats, which is when the US forced a peace treaty. Pope John Paul II and the US government forced the ouster of Boban.


[uredi] Post war life and death

After the Washington accords ended Herzeg-Bosnia Boban went into retirement and died in 1997. Rumors of his being alive are persistent but unproven.

Among Bosniak and sections of Croatian public, Mate Boban enjoys reputation of war criminal. Many of them are convinced that Boban, if he had lived,would have certainly been tried for war crimes along with the rest the Herzeg-Bosnian leadership (Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić and Berislav Pušić) - all presently awaiting trial at the ICTY on charges including Crimes Against Humanity, Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Violations of the Laws or Customs of War.

In Croatia proper and Western Herzegovina, especially among right-wing circles, Boban enjoys much more favourable reputation. In the video-clip for Lijepa li si, a popular patriotic song by Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perković "Thompson", the grave of Mate Boban is prominently featured.