Vojislav Šešelj
|
Vojislav Šešelj MP |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Leader of the Opposition | |
|
Assumed office 3 June 2016 |
|
| Preceded by | Bojan Pajtić |
|
In office 24 October 2000 – 22 January 2001 |
|
| Preceded by | Vuk Drašković |
| Succeeded by | Slobodan Milošević |
|
In office 3 December 1997 – 24 March 1998 |
|
| Preceded by | Vuk Drašković |
| Succeeded by | Vuk Drašković |
|
In office 25 January 1993 – 1 February 1994 |
|
| Preceded by | Vuk Drašković |
| Succeeded by | Vuk Drašković |
| Member of Parliament | |
|
Assumed office 3 June 2016 |
|
|
In office 24 October 2000 – 24 February 2003 |
|
|
In office 25 January 1993 – 24 March 1998 |
|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia | |
|
In office 24 March 1998 – 24 October 2000 |
|
| Preceded by | Dragan Tomić |
| Succeeded by | Nebojša Čović |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 October 1954 Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party |
SKJ (1971–81) SPO (1989–90) SRS (1991–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Vesna Mudreša Jadranka Šešelj (1992–present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
University of Sarajevo University of Belgrade |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox Christian |
| Signature |  |
| Website | vseselj |
Vojislav Šešelj (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Шешељ, pronounced [ʋǒjislaʋ ʃěʃeʎ]; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), and a former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia.
He voluntarily surrendered to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in February 2003 but his trial did not begin until November 2007. Šešelj's trial was marred with controversy: he went on hunger strike for nearly a month until finally being allowed to represent himself, regularly insulted the judges and court prosecutors once proceedings commenced, disclosed the identities of protected witnesses and was penalized on three occasions for disrespecting the court. He did not call any witnesses in his defense.
After spending 11 years in detention in the United Nations Detention Unit of Scheveningen during his trial, Šešelj was permitted to temporarily return to Serbia in November 2014 to undergo cancer treatment.
On 31 March 2016, he was acquitted in a first-instance verdict on all counts by the ICTY pending appeal. The acquittal was appealed by prosecutors from the MICT, a United Nations Security Council agency which functions as oversight program of, and successor entity to, the ICTY. He led the SRS in the 2016 elections, and his party won 23 seats in the parliament.
Vojislav Šešelj was born in Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia, to Nikola Šešelj (1925–1978) and Danica Šešelj (née Misita; 1924–2007), ethnic Serbs from the Popovo Valley region of eastern Herzegovina. His parents wed in 1953 before moving to Sarajevo, where they lived on modest means in adapted housing at the old Sarajevo train station as his father was employed in the state-run ŽTP railway company. His mother stayed at home and took care of her two children, Vojislav and his younger sister, Dragica. A relative on his mother's side was Chetnik commander Lt. Col. Veselin Misita.
...
Wikipedia