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Gojko Susak

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About Gojko Susak

Gojko Šušak was born on 16 March 1945 in Široki Brijeg. Sharing the fate of many compatriots who did not want to put up with the suppression of Herzegovina's Croats, culture and religion, he quit his studies in Rijeka and continued his education at the University of Ottawa. In Canada, where he had lived and worked since 1969 as the president of the Croatian-Canadian Cultural Federation, president of the Foundation for Croatian Studies and director of the Croatian School in Ottawa, he worked wholeheartedly for the political unification of the Croatian emigrants.

He returned to Croatia in the pivotal historical moments of the establishment of a free and independent Croatian state and after the first free multi-party elections, as one of the first and most trusted associates of the first Croatian president, Dr. Franjo Tuđman, he became a member of the Croatian Government as Minister of Immigration and Deputy Minister of Defense. He became the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Croatia on 18 September 1991, in the midst of the decisive battles for the creation of the Croatian state, and he held this position until his death in 1998.

In recent Croatian history, his role in the establishment, defense and construction of the state of Croatia, the creation and development of the modern Croatian army and the successful conduct of military operations for the liberation of occupied Croatian territories and the victorious end of the Homeland War was indispensable. A charismatic man and a patriot who fulfilled all his promises will be remembered for his words after the victorious military-police operation Storm on the Knin Fortress: “Command executed!”

He was a man of trust with exceptional human qualities and abilities, a consistent and reliable collaborator of immense energy, a man who instilled confidence and calmness with great authority, but also understanding, a man who spoke little, but whose actions spoke louder than words. He was a principled and unwavering advocate of national ideals in which he incorporated all his intellectual and spiritual potential.

He died on 3 May 1998 and was buried with the highest state and military honors in the Alley of Croatian Veterans at the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb.

Vesna Pintarić – Deputy Editor-in-Chief of
„Hrvatski vojnik“ magazines