{"id":39142,"date":"2025-08-06T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39142"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:19:11","slug":"president-milanovic-confers-honorary-brigadier-general-ranks-on-nine-retired-croatian-army-and-croatian-defence-council-officers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-confers-honorary-brigadier-general-ranks-on-nine-retired-croatian-army-and-croatian-defence-council-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Confers Honorary Brigadier General Ranks on Nine Retired Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the occasion of Victory and Homeland Gratitude Day, Croatian Defenders\u2019 Day and the 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Military and Police Operation \u201cStorm\u201d, the President of the Republic of Croatia and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 has reached a Decision to Confer Honorary Brigadier General Ranks on nine retired Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council officers, participants in the Military and Police Operation \u201cStorm\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By a Decision of the President of the Republic, honorary Brigadier General ranks were conferred on Vjeran Ro\u017ei\u0107, Miodrag Demo, Tihomir Budanko, Milan Perkovi\u0107, Mario Bradara, Ivo Filipovi\u0107, Petar Zelenika, Jadran Topi\u0107 and Ilija Vrlji\u0107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Victory and Homeland Gratitude Day, Croatian Defenders\u2019 Day and the 30th anniversary of the Military and Police Operation \u201cStorm\u201d, the President of the Republic of Croatia and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 has reached a Decision to Confer Honorary Brigadier General Ranks on nine retired Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council officers, participants in the Military and Police Operation \u201cStorm\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31979,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-39142","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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