Editing Franjo Tuđman (section)

===Vrhovnik===

Tuđman was conferred by the Croatian Parliament the military rank of Supreme commander of Croatia, or 'Vrhovnik' on 22 March 1995.<ref name="Vrhovnik">{{cite web|url=http://hidra.srce.hr/arhiva/263/18315/www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/1995/0478.htm|title=Odluku o proglašenju zakona o službi u oružanim snagama Republike Hrvatske|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aimpress.ch/dyn/pubs/archive/data/199504/50403-001-pubs-zag.htm|title=VRHOVNIK CISTI HRVATSKU VOJSKU|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> It was the highest honorific title in the [[Croatian Armed Forces]] and equivalent to [[Marshal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.ffos.hr/hdpl/zbornici2/Stolac%20et%20al%20ur%20Jezik%20u%20drustvenoj%20interakciji%2030%20Mikulan.pdf|title=Prevodenje Vojnih Pojmova: Nazivi Cinova, Duznosti, Polozaja i Zvanja|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213807/http://web.ffos.hr/hdpl/zbornici2/Stolac%20et%20al%20ur%20Jezik%20u%20drustvenoj%20interakciji%2030%20Mikulan.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tuđman was the only person to ever hold this rank.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} He held it until his death. The uniform for this position allegedly was modeled on the uniform of [[Josip Broz Tito]] as Tuđman was a dedicated [[Major General]] of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]].<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news|title=Tudjman Is Dead; Croat Led Country Out of Yugoslavia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/11/world/tudjman-is-dead-croat-led-country-out-of-yugoslavia.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=New York Times|date=11 December 1999|first=David|last=Binder}}</ref> The title was eventually abolished in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morh.hr/images/stories/morh_sadrzaj/pdf/zakon%20o%20sluzbi%20u%20osrh%20nn33-02.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225154055/http://www.morh.hr/images/stories/morh_sadrzaj/pdf/zakon%20o%20sluzbi%20u%20osrh%20nn33-02.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2021|title=Odluku O Proglašenju Zakona O Službi u Oružanim Snagama Republike Hrvatske|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>