President Milanović Receives New Leadership of 4th Guards Brigade Veterans Association
The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović met today at the Office of the President with the new leadership of the 4th Guards Brigade Veterans Association. The delegation was composed of Association President Borislav Lapenda, Vice President Mirko Ivančić, Secretary Boris Mandac, Steering Committee members Ivan Paleško and Zoran Čosić, and Chair of the Supervisory Board Vesna Boban.
The 4th Guards Brigade Veterans Association presented to President Milanović the programme of marking the 31st anniversary of the brigade’s establishment, which is planned for late April, and invited the President to participate in the main ceremony on 28 April. The brigade was founded on 28 April 1991 and the Association regularly celebrates this day in order to perpetuate the memory of the important role that was played in the Homeland War by members of the 4th Guards Brigade. The brigade’s first combat mission was in an operation liberating the community of Kruševo in July 1991 and it subsequently took part in all major defence and liberating operations. During the Homeland War, 195 members of the 4th Guards Brigade were killed, four are still listed as missing and almost 1,600 were wounded.
Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for Homeland War Veterans Marijan Mareković was alongside President Milanović at the meeting.
PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Tomislav Bušljeta