Slavko Dokmanović Explained

Birth Name:Slavko Dokmanović
Slavko Dokmanović
Office:Mayor of Vukovar
Term Start:May 1990
Term End:May 1991
Successor:Marin Vidić
Office2:Minister of Agriculture of SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
Term Start2:25 September 1991
Term End2:19 December 1991
Predecessor2:Veljko Stoisavljević
Successor2:Veljko Stoisavljević
Birth Date:14 December 1949
Birth Place:Trpinja, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Death Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Death Cause:Suicide by hanging
Party:League of Communists of Croatia
Nationality:Serb
Office1:President of the Coordinating Committee of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Goran Hadžić[1] [2]
Term Start1:7 August 1995
Term End1:22 April 1996
Native Name:Славко Докмановић

Slavko Dokmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Славко Докмановић; 14 December 1949 – 29 June 1998) was a Croatian Serb who was charged with grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, violation of the customs of war and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the Vukovar massacre while he served as the city's mayor.[3]

Dokmanović faced two charges of each count. He was arrested in 1997 by the Polish special forces GROM and pleaded not guilty to all charges. However, he died on 29 June 1998, having hanged himself in his cell,[4] and his trial's proceedings soon stopped without a verdict. He was indicted along with Mile Mrkšić, Veselin Šljivančanin and Miroslav Radić, who were all on trial for their alleged role in the massacre.

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  1. Web site: Srem-Baranja District (Eastern Slavonia). Worldstatesmen.org. 19 October 2011.
  2. Srpska oblast Istočna Slavonija, Baranja i Zapadni Srijem – od "Oluje" do dovršetka mirne reintegracije hrvatskog Podunavlja (prvi dio) . Nikica . Barić . Scrinia Slavonica . 11 . 393–451 . Hrvatski institut za povijest . Zagreb . 2011 .
  3. http://www.aimpress.ch/dyn/pubs/archive/data/199707/70701-048-pubs-zag.htm SA SALASA, PREKO OVCARE, DO HAAGA
  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/122328.stm Croatian Serb war crimes suspect found dead

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