Zaim Imamović (soldier)
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Zaim Imamović (born c. 1961 in Ilovača, Goražde died October 9, 1995 on Treskavica) was a Bosniak soldier who commanded the ARBiH forces in the Goražde enclave during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He commanded the forces through the three and a half year siege, the worst of which was during April 1994 when an unsuccessful Serb offensive killed hundreds and wounded nearly 2,000 people.
His leadership skills were recognized and he was taken out of the enclave in order to command a unit which sought to break the seiege from outside. He always led from the frontline and was wounded 6 times, the last time just a day before he was killed by shrapnel from a Serb shell.
He was buried on the grounds of the Ali Pašina (Ali Pasha's) mosque in Sarajevo along other prominent Bosniak military and political leaders.
