Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb politician (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Radovan Karadžić?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Radovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdoʋaːn kâradʒitɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[2] He was the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War.
Radovan Karadžić | |
---|---|
Радован Караџић | |
1st President of Republika Srpska | |
In office 7 April 1992 – 19 July 1996 | |
Vice President | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Biljana Plavšić |
President of the Serb Democratic Party | |
In office 12 July 1990 – 19 July 1996 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Aleksa Buha |
Personal details | |
Born | (1945-06-19) 19 June 1945 (age 78) Petnjica, Montenegro, Yugoslavia |
Citizenship | Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] |
Political party | Serb Democratic Party |
Spouse | Ljiljana Zelen Karadžić |
Children | 2 (including Sonja) |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Psychiatrist |
Signature | |
Conviction(s) | Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Trained as a psychiatrist, he co-founded the Serb Democratic Party in Bosnia and Herzegovina and served as the first president of Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. He was a fugitive from 1996 until July 2008, after having been indicted for war crimes by the ICTY.[3] The indictment concluded there were reasonable grounds for believing he committed war crimes, including genocide against Bosniak and Croat civilians during the Bosnian War (1992–1995).[3] While a fugitive, he worked at a private clinic in Belgrade, specializing in alternative medicine and psychology, under an alias.[4]
He was arrested in Belgrade in 2008 and brought before Belgrade's War Crimes Court a few days later.[3] Extradited to the Netherlands, he was placed in the custody of the ICTY in the United Nations Detention Unit of Scheveningen, where he was charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.[5][6] He is sometimes referred to by the Western media as the "Butcher of Bosnia",[7][8][9] a sobriquet also applied to former Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) General Ratko Mladić.[10][11][12] In 2016, he was found guilty of the genocide in Srebrenica, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, 10 of the 11 charges in total, and sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment.[13][14] In 2019, an appeal he had filed against his conviction was rejected, and the sentence was increased to life imprisonment.[15] In 2021, it was announced that he would be transferred to a British prison.[16]