Aco Apolonio
Aleksandar "Aco" Apolonio | |
|---|---|
| 1st President of the Dubrovnik Republic | |
| In office 15 October 1991 – 4 May 1992 | |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1916 Herceg Novi, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 2001 (age 84/85) Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
Aleksandar "Aco" Apolonio (sometimes written Apolonijo) was a Serbian lawyer and politician who became a president of the self-proclaimed Dubrovnik Republic founded in October 1991.[1][2] Apolonio was a resident of Dubrovnik and in the past had served as a public prosecutor there.[1]
ICTY and death[]
During the trial of Slobodan Milošević at the ICTY, a witness had described Apolonio as a Croat, but close friend Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Šešelj said as a witness that Apolonio was a Catholic Serb (see Serbs in Dubrovnik). Apolonio only described himself as "Ragusan".[1] He died in a refugee camp in Belgrade in 2001.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Transcript 050920IT". The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milošević. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. 20 September 2005. p. 44342. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ Nigel Thomas, Krunoslav Mikulan, Darko Pavlović. The Yugoslav Wars (1): Slovenia & Croatia 1991-95, Volume 1. Pp. 54.
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