Radovan Karadžić
| Radovan Karadžić | |
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Karadžić in March 1994
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| 1st President of Republika Srpska | |
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In office 7 April 1992 – 19 July 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Biljana Plavšić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 June 1945 Petnjica, Montenegro, DF Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serb |
| Political party | Serbian Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ljiljana Zelen Karadžić |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Sarajevo Columbia Medical School |
| Profession | Psychiatrist |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
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Radovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdovaːn kârad͡ʒit͡ɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb former politician and convicted war criminal who served as the President of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War and sought the direct unification of that entity with Serbia.
Educated 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 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (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 (1992–95). While a fugitive he worked at a private clinic in Belgrade, specialising in alternative medicine and psychology under an alias. His nephew, Dragan Karadžić, has claimed in an interview to the Corriere della Sera that Radovan Karadžić attended Serie A football matches and that he visited Venice using a different alias (Petar Glumac).
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