Radomir Marković
| Radomir Marković | |
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| Радомир Марковић | |
| Head of the State Security Service | |
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In office 27 October 1998 – 25 January 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Jovica Stanišić |
| Succeeded by | Goran Petrović |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 August 1946 Lukavac, Tuzla, Yugoslavia |
| Citizenship | Serbian |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia, SPS |
| Spouse(s) | Iva Marković |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Faculty of Law |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Occupation | Intelligence officer |
| Radomir Marković | |
|---|---|
| Criminal charge | Orchestration of the Ibar Highway assassination attempt |
| Criminal penalty | 40-year imprisonment |
| Criminal status | In prison |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 4 |
| Date | 3 October 1999 12:15 PM (Central European Time) |
| Country | Serbia |
| Location(s) | near the village of Petka, near Lazarevac, FR Yugoslavia |
| Target(s) | Vuk Drašković |
| Killed | 4 (Vuk Drašković associates) |
| Injured | 1 (Vuk Drašković) |
Radomir "Rade" Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Радомир Марковић; born 11 August 1946) is a Serbian former intelligence officer who served as the head of the state security agency SDB within the Serbian Ministry of the Interior from 1998 to 2001. In 2008, the Supreme Court of Serbia sentenced Marković to 40 years' imprisonment for orchestrating a 1999 attack on Serbian opposition politician Vuk Drašković. During his career which lasted from 1970 until 2001, he served several head positions of the Serbian Police during the 1990s and as the assistant Minister of Internal Affairs (august 1993–1994).
Marković was born to a Bosnian Serb family in Lukavac, Tuzla, Yugoslavia, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Under Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević, Marković was appointed to succeed Jovica Stanišić as the head of the SDB on 27 October 1998. After Milošević lost the 2000 Yugoslav presidential election to challenger Vojislav Koštunica, Marković formally resigned his position on 25 January 2001.
Marković was arrested by Yugoslav police in February 2001 and was charged with committing "the criminal act of abuse of official position" by organising the 1999 Ibar Highway assassination attempt of Vuk Drašković, which resulted in the deaths of four people. Marković was found guilty by the Belgrade District Court and on 18 July 2005 was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
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