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===Early years===
Slobodan Praljak was born on 2 January 1945 in Čapljina, Yugoslavia. His father Mirko worked for the security agency [[OZNA]].<ref name = Praljak>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/30/slobodan-praljak-war-criminal-or-croatian-hero Slobodan Praljak: War criminal or Croatian hero?], ''Al Jazeera''</ref>

Praljak attended high school in Lištica with the future Croatian Defense Minister Gojko Šušak. He had three university degrees. In 1970, he graduated as an electrical engineer at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Zagreb with a GPA of 4.5/5. In 1971, he graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, majoring in philosophy and sociology. In 1972, he graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art.<ref name = Praljak></ref>

At first, Praljak worked as a professor and manager of the electronics laboratory at the Nikola Tesla Vocational High School in Zagreb, then lectured on philosophy and sociology, and after 1973 was a freelance artist. Praljak was also a theatre director in theatres in Zagreb, Osijek and Mostar.<ref name = Praljak></ref>