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Radovan Karadžić

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Radovan Karadžić

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Also known as Dragan David Dabić, Karadzic Radovan, Dragan Dabić, D3, Petar Glumac, Radovan V. Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

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Radovan Karadžić was a Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist, and poet who was convicted of genocide for his role in the Bosnian War of the 1990s. His conviction represents a significant accountability measure for mass atrocities committed during one of Europe's most devastating post-Cold War conflicts.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Radovan
Family name
Karadžić
Gender
male
Citizenship
Serbia and Montenegro
Place of birth
Petnjica
Occupation
psychiatrist
Position held
President of Republika Srpska
Educated at
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Political party
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Languages spoken
Serbian
Native language
Serbian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
Conflict
War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Image
Radovan Karadžić trial judgement 24 March 2016.jpg
Convicted of
genocide
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Radovan Karadžić
date of birth
1945-06-19
ethnic group
Serbs
Commons gallery
Radovan Karadžić
penalty
imprisonment
name in native language
Радован Караџић
nickname
El carnisser dels Balcans
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Radovan Karadžić
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Encyclopedic overview

Radovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdovaːn kâradʒitɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb former politician who served as the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

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. 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). While a fugitive, he worked at a private clinic in Belgrade, specializing in alternative medicine and psychology, under an alias.

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