{"id":9480,"date":"2015-03-12T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/maj-gen-mate-paden-appointed-milrep-to-nato-eu\/"},"modified":"2015-03-12T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T10:53:07","slug":"maj-gen-mate-paden-appointed-milrep-to-nato-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morh.hr\/en\/maj-gen-mate-paden-appointed-milrep-to-nato-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Maj. Gen.  Mate Pa\u0111en appointed MILREP to NATO &#038; EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Born in Ogulin, Croatia in 1962, Maj.Gen.\u00a0 Mate Pa\u0111en graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Military Technical College in Zagreb, followed by master studies in national resource strategy in the National Defense University in Washington,\u00a0 and other senior military education programmes. <br \/>A participant in the Homeland war, Maj. Gen. 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