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{{Quote|In that respect, we can say that we have achieved our goal. We have half of Bosnia, more than 40 cities in Bosnia. We also have good land in each region, but in some regions we didn't get some.|Karadžić, on the success of his ethnic cleansing campaign}}

'''Radovan Karadžić''' is a former Bosnian Serb politician who was the proclaimed President of Republika Srpska during the [[Bosnian War]]. In March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found him guilty for war crimes, genocide and ordering the Srebrenica massacre which claimed the lives of 8,373 people. As such Karadžić has earned the nickname "The Butcher of Bosnia", which he shares with [[Ratko Mladić]].

'''Radovan Karadžić''' (June 19, 1945) is a former Bosnian Serb politician who was the proclaimed President of Republika Srpska during the [[Bosnian War]]. In March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found him guilty for war crimes, genocide and ordering the Srebrenica massacre which claimed the lives of 8,373 people. As such Karadžić has earned the nickname "The Butcher of Bosnia", which he shares with [[Ratko Mladić]].

He is currently serving life in prison.

==Biography==

Radovan Karadžić was born on 19 ~~June~~ 1945 in the village of Petnjica in the People's Republic of Montenegro, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, near Šavnik. His father had been a [[Chetniks|Chetnik]] – the army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's government-in-exile during [[World War II]] – and was imprisoned by the post-war communist regime for much of his son's childhood. Karadžić moved to Sarajevo in 1960 to study psychiatry at the Sarajevo University School of Medicine.

Radovan Karadžić was born on June 19, 1945 in the village of Petnjica in the People's Republic of Montenegro, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, near Šavnik. His father had been a [[Chetniks|Chetnik]] – the army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's government-in-exile during [[World War II]] – and was imprisoned by the post-war communist regime for much of his son's childhood. Karadžić moved to Sarajevo in 1960 to study psychiatry at the Sarajevo University School of Medicine.

Soon after graduation, Karadžić started working in a treatment centre at the psychiatric clinic of the main Sarajevo hospital, Koševo. According to testimony, he often boosted his income by issuing fake medical and psychological evaluations to healthcare workers who wanted early retirement or to criminals who tried to avoid punishment by pleading insanity. In 1983, Karadžić started working at a hospital in the Belgrade suburb of Voždovac. With his partner Momčilo Krajišnik, then manager of a mining enterprise Energoinvest, he managed to get a loan from an agricultural-development fund, and they used it to build themselves houses in Pale, a Serb town above Sarajevo turned into a ski resort by the government.

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 {{Quote|In that respect, we can say that we have achieved our goal.  We have half of Bosnia, more than 40 cities in Bosnia.  We also have good land in each region, but in some regions we didn't get some.|Karadžić, on the success of his ethnic cleansing campaign}}
-'''Radovan Karadžić''' is a former Bosnian Serb politician who was the proclaimed President of Republika Srpska during the [[Bosnian War]]. In March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found him guilty for war crimes, genocide and ordering the Srebrenica massacre which claimed the lives of 8,373 people. As such Karadžić has earned the nickname "The Butcher of Bosnia", which he shares with [[Ratko Mladić]].
+'''Radovan Karadžić''' (June 19, 1945) is a former Bosnian Serb politician who was the proclaimed President of Republika Srpska during the [[Bosnian War]]. In March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found him guilty for war crimes, genocide and ordering the Srebrenica massacre which claimed the lives of 8,373 people. As such Karadžić has earned the nickname "The Butcher of Bosnia", which he shares with [[Ratko Mladić]].
 He is currently serving life in prison.
 ==Biography==
-Radovan Karadžić was born on 19 June 1945 in the village of Petnjica in the People's Republic of Montenegro, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, near Šavnik. His father had been a [[Chetniks|Chetnik]] – the army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's government-in-exile during [[World War II]] – and was imprisoned by the post-war communist regime for much of his son's childhood. Karadžić moved to Sarajevo in 1960 to study psychiatry at the Sarajevo University School of Medicine.
+Radovan Karadžić was born on June 19, 1945 in the village of Petnjica in the People's Republic of Montenegro, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, near Šavnik. His father had been a [[Chetniks|Chetnik]] – the army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's government-in-exile during [[World War II]] – and was imprisoned by the post-war communist regime for much of his son's childhood. Karadžić moved to Sarajevo in 1960 to study psychiatry at the Sarajevo University School of Medicine.
 Soon after graduation, Karadžić started working in a treatment centre at the psychiatric clinic of the main Sarajevo hospital, Koševo. According to testimony, he often boosted his income by issuing fake medical and psychological evaluations to healthcare workers who wanted early retirement or to criminals who tried to avoid punishment by pleading insanity. In 1983, Karadžić started working at a hospital in the Belgrade suburb of Voždovac. With his partner Momčilo Krajišnik, then manager of a mining enterprise Energoinvest, he managed to get a loan from an agricultural-development fund, and they used it to build themselves houses in Pale, a Serb town above Sarajevo turned into a ski resort by the government.