Veljko Ražnatović

Veljko Ražnatović
Born(1920-05-20)20 May 1920
Rijeka Crnojevića, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died17 June 1986(1986-06-17) (aged 66)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Allegiance SFR Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Air Force
RankColonel
Battles / warsWorld War II in Yugoslavia

Veljko Ražnatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Ражнатовић; 1920–1986) was a Montenegrin Colonel in the Yugoslav Air Force.

He is perhaps most remembered as the father of the mobster Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović, a paramilitary commander and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars.