He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 until his resignation in 1992 , which made him the `` de facto '' commander-in-chief of the JNA during the Ten-Day War in Slovenia and the initial stages of the Croatian War of Independence .
He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 until his resignation in 1992 , which made him the `` de facto '' commander of the JNA during the Ten-Day War in Slovenia and the initial stages of the Croatian War of Independence .