Goran Hadžić

Goran Hadžić Горан Хаџић
Hadžić at his initial appearance before the ICTY
2nd President of Republic of Serbian Krajina
In office 26 February 1992 – 26 January 1994
Prime Minister	Zdravko Zečević
Preceded by	Milan Babić
Succeeded by	Milan Martić
Prime Minister of SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
In office 1991 – 26 February 1992
Preceded by	Veljko Džakula
President of the Coordinating Committee of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
In office 1996 – 15 January 1998
Preceded by	Slavko Dokmanović
Personal details
Born	7 September 1958 Pačetin, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	12 July 2016(2016-07-12) (aged 57) Novi Sad, Serbia
Nationality	Serb
Political party	Serb Democratic Party League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Goran Hadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Хаџић, pronounced [ɡǒran xǎd͡ʒiːt͡ɕ]; 7 September 1958 – 12 July 2016) was President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, in office during the Croatian War of Independence. He was accused of crimes against humanity and of violation of the laws and customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Hadžić was indicted on fourteen counts. The charges include criminal involvement in the "deportation or forcible transfer of tens of thousands of Croat and other non-Serb civilians" from Croatian territory between June 1991 and December 1993, including 20,000 from Vukovar; the forced labour of detainees; the "extermination or murder of hundreds of Croat and other non-Serb civilians" in ten Croatian towns and villages including Vukovar; and the "torture, beatings and killings of detainees", including 264 victims seized from Vukovar Hospital.

The Tribunal's last remaining fugitive, Hadžić was captured by Serbian authorities on 20 July 2011. His trial was abandoned in 2014 due to his terminal brain cancer diagnosis; he died at the age of 57 on 12 July 2016.

Hadžić was born in the village of Pačetin, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia; and in his youth was politically active as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Prior to the Croatian War of Independence, Hadžić worked as a warehouseman. He was president of the local community of Pačetin. In the Spring of 1990, as a representative of the League of Communists Party for Democratic Changes, he was elected to the Municipal Committee of Vukovar.