# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-spegelj
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:25:56.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-spegelj"
name: "Martin Špegelj"
slug: "martin-spegelj"
description: "Martin Špegelj was a Croatian army general and politician who served as the second defense minister of Croatia and, later, the chief of staff of the newborn Croatian army and inspector-general of the army. His efforts to organize and equip the army from scratch were seen as instrumental in helping Croatia survive the first year of the Croatian War of Independence. Partly owing to disagreements with president Franjo Tuđman, he retired in 1992, after the war froze with the permanent ceasefire at the end of 1991."
tagline: "Croatian general (1927-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_OSRH_Martin_Spegelj_28052011_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1927-11-11"
deathDate: "2014-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.35788533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump