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Name: Radovan Karadzic  
   
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Date of Birth: 19th June 1945
   
Place of Birth: Petnijca kraj Savnika, Montenegro
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Radovan Karadžić

Radovan Karadžić (born June 19, 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician, poet, psychiatrist and accused war criminal.

Karadžić was born in a stable in Petnjica near Savnik, Montenegro. His father, Vuk, had been a member of the Chetniks - Serb nationalist guerrillas who fought against Tito's communist Partisans (Yugoslavia) in World War II - and was in jail for much of his son's childhood. Radovan Karadžić moved to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1960 to pursue his studies in psychiatry and work in the Koševo Hospital. He also became a poet and fell under the influence of the Serb nationalist writer Dobrica Cosić, who encouraged him to go into politics.

In 1989 he co-founded the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina which aimed at gathering the republic's Serb community, protecting its interests, and dedicated to the goal of a Greater Serbia.

He became the first president of the Bosnian Serb administration in Pale on or about 13 May 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia. At the time he assumed this position, his de jure powers, as described in the constitution of the Bosnian Serb administration, included, but were not limited to, commanding the army on the Bosnian Serb administration in times of war and peace and having the authority to appoint, promote and discharge officers of the army.

He is accused of having ordered the ethnic cleansing of Croats and Bosniaks.

In February,1994, He contacted the Greek government and proposed the creation of a united Serbian Greek State. Karadzic is also known for his support of a Greater Serbia.

Since 1996, he has been a fugitive wanted for war crimes by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Interpol warrant cites assault, crimes against humanity, crimes against life and health, genocide, grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva conventions, murder, plunder, and violations of the laws or customs of war. The Indictment charges Radovan Karadzic on the basis of his individual criminal responsibility (Article 7(1) of the Statute) and superior criminal responsibility (Article 7(3) of the Statute) with:

  • Two counts of genocide (Article 4 of the Statute - genocide, complicity in genocide),
  • Five counts of crimes against humanity (Article 5 of the Statute - extermination, murder, persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds, persecutions, inhumane acts (forcible transfer)),
  • Three counts of violations of the laws or customs of war (Article 3 of the Statute - murder, unlawfully inflicting terror upon civilians, taking hostages), and
  • One count of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions (Article 2 of the Statute - wilful killing).

In his defense, his supporters say that he is no more guilty than any other war-time political leader. His seeming ability to evade capture for over 8 years has made him a local hero among the Bosnian Serbs, despite an alleged deal with Richard Holbrooke.

In 2001, hundreds of supporters demonstrated in support of Radovan in his home town.

In November 2004, British defence officials conceded that military action was unlikely to be successful in bringing Karadžić and other suspects to trial. Putting political pressure on Balkan governments would be more likely to succeed.

After a failed raid in May, on July 7, 2005 Nato troops arrested Karadžić's son, Aleksandar (Saša) Karadžić but released him after 10 days . On July 28, Karadžić's wife, made a call for him to surrender .

On July 29, 2005, Lilijana Karadžić, Karadžić's wife, implored him to surrender.

Quotes

  • ..."the road to which you want to take Bosnia and Herzegovina is the same highway of hell which Slovenia and Croatia took. Don't think you won't take Bosnia and Herzegovina to hell and the Muslims into annihilation... Muslims can't defend themselves if there is war here"... (Karadžić speaking at the Bosnian parliament, March 4, 1992)

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