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Milas was born in the village of Zmijavci
near Imotski
in Zagora, and graduated from the
Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb.
(October 18, 1939 – July 29, 2011)
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Milas was close to Marko Veselica and was active
in the Croatian Spring in the early
1970s. In 1972, the authorities of communist
Yugoslavia charged Milas with "actions against the state",
arrested and spent six months in jail awaiting trial.[1]
He was released to prepare his defense, and subsequently fled to Austria
where he received the status of a refugee. Yugoslavia sought his apprehension,
which Austrian courts denied. He was tried in
absentia in Yugoslavia and received a two-and-a-half-year prison
sentence.[1]
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In 1988 Milas met the Croatian historian and politician Franjo
Tuđman and in August 1989 joined his newly formed Croatian Democratic Union.
Milas received a passport to return to Croatia in February 1990[1]
and was elected to the Croatian Parliament in its first democratic
elections.
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During the first phase of the Croatian War of Independence
between the summer of 1991 and the spring of 1992, Milas served as the Deputy Minister of
Defence and Deputy Minister of
Justice.[1]
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Milas was reelected in the 1992 election,
and served as the Minister of Justice from June 6 to August 12, 1992 and was
later vice-president in the Croatian Government, under Hrvoje Šarinić.[2]
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On May 28, 1995, President Tuđman awarded him with the Grand Order of King
Dmitar Zvonimir. Also in May 1995, the function of the Keeper of the
State Seal (Croatian: Čuvar državnog pečata) was created,[3]
and President Tuđman named Milas to the position[1][2]
on May 6, 1995, where he remained until February 1, 2000. As of 2011 no other
person was named to the position after Milas. Milas was elected to Sabor again
in the October 1995 election.
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He was last elected to the Croatian Parliament in the Croatian parliamentary
election, 2000, where he served until late 2003, when he retired
from politics.[1][2]
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Milas gained considerable notoriety in the Croatian public after he
publicly expressed his opinion that in the West, brain is valued in kilograms.[4][5]
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