Vladimir Lazarević
| Vladimir Lazarević | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 March 1949 Grnčar, Babušnica, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) |
| Allegiance |
 SFR Yugoslavia (1972–1992) FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2005) |
| Service/branch | Land Forces |
| Years of service | 1972–2005 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Unit | Priština Corps, Third Army |
| Commands held | Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (VJ) |
| Battles/wars | Kosovo War |
| Awards | Order of Bravery Order of the War Flag |
Vladimir Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Лазраревић; 23 March 1949) is a Serbian colonel general of the Third Army Corps, and later the commander of the Priština Corps of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2003 and was convicted in 2009 of command responsibility for war crimes against Kosovo Albanians during the Kosovo War.
General Vladimir Lazarević was born 23 March 1949 in the village of Grnčar in the municipality of Babušnica, SR Serbia of the SFR Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Yugoslav People's Army's Military Academy in 1972 and the Command Staff Academy and the Army School of National Defence. As commander, commander and chief of the different formations stationed in Niš, Prizren, Priština, Belgrade and Leskovac.
During the Kosovo War, Vladimir Lazarević was Chief of Staff of the Priština Corps in the Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (VJ), before being made Commander of the Priština Corps on 25 December 1998 by Presidential Decree. Under his command were five brigades, one military police unit and a one aviation regiment.
During the Kosovo War it is alleged by the ICTY and the Prosecution that he "planned, instigated, ordered, committed or otherwise aided and abetted in preparing the alleged crimes". The indictment against Lazarević claims that he was part of "a joint criminal enterprise which had the aim, in addition to other objectives, to expel a major part of the Kosovo Albanian civilians from the province in which they were living in order to maintain this province under Serb control." The joint criminal enterprise was supposedly in existence from October 1998 until 20 June 1999.
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