Petar Stipetić

Petar Stipetić (24 October 1937) is a Croatian general who served as the Chief of General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces from 2000 until 2002.

Biography
Stipetić was born in Ogulin. In Ogulin, Stipetić attended elementary school and high school. After that, Stipetić entered Army Military Academy in 1956 and graduated in 1959. In 1967 he entered High Army Military Academy, graduating in 1969, after which he entered War Academy in 1975 and graduated a year later.

After creation of Croatian Army, on invite of president Franjo Tuđman, Stipetić joined Croatian Army in September 1991 as a deputy to Anton Tus, at the time Chief of General Staff. He was also a negotiator with rebelled Serbs and soon become commander of the Osijek Military District and Slavonian Front. In December 1992, Stipetić was named commander of the Zagreb Military District and in September 1994 he was transferred to the General Staff as an assistant to the Chief of General Staff for the combat sector. Stipetić participated in liberation of western Slavonia and was one of the commanders of the Operation Storm executed in 1995. After the war, on 10 March 2000, he was named Chief of General Staff and served until 30 December 2002, when he was retired.

Decorations and honors
On 14 September 1998, Stipteić was named honor citizen of Ogulin. He is also decorated with several decorations: