Slavko à  tancer (26 July 1872 â 16 June 1945) was a former Austro-Hungarian officer and Croatian army general who served as commander-in-chief and inspector-general of the land component of the Army of the Independent State of Croatia during the Second World War, in 1941. His surname is also sometimes written "Stanzer" or "Stancer".
à  tancer served under the Poglavnik Ante Paveliàand was awarded the honorary title Vitez ("knight") when he received the Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir. à  tancer was appointed commander-in-chief of the ground forces on 16 April 1941. Later, à  tancer headed the Croatian Military court. After the fall of the Independent State of Croatia, à  tancer was captured, tried and sentenced to death by the communist Partisans. He was found dead in his cell the night before his scheduled execution.