Miroslav Talijan | |
Native Name: | Мирослав Талијан |
Birth Date: | 10 August 1970 |
Birth Place: | Smederevska Palanka, SFR Yugoslavia |
Allegiance: | Serbia |
Branch: | Serbian Armed Forces Serbian Land Forces |
Serviceyears: | 1993-present |
Rank: | Brigadier General |
Unit: | 72nd Brigade for Special Operations |
Battles: | Kosovo War |
Children: | 5 |
Miroslav Talijan (; born 10 August 1970 in Smederevska Palanka) is a brigadier general of the Serbian Army. He is the current commander of the 72nd Brigade for Special Operations and a former chief of the Military Academy.[1]
He was the commander of the elite anti-terrorist Battalion "Sokolovi", then the deputy commander of the Cobras, and then focused on education, so he became one of the youngest doctor of sciences in the Serbian Armed Forces.[2] Having fought in the Kosovo War, he is one of the few special forces members who took part in combat operations and managed to get a doctorate on the same topic.[3]