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Mar 12, 1943 Božanovići, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina 81 years old
Commander of the Bosnian Serb military
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- Ratko Mladic (Serbian Cyrillic: ????? ??????, pronounced [râtko mla?dit??]; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal and former military commander who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) as a general during the Yugoslav Wars.
- He was later found guilty of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
- On 31 May 2011, Mladic was extradited to The Hague, where he was processed at the detention center that holds suspects for the ICTY.
- His trial formally began in The Hague on 16 May 2012 and was concluded on 22 November 2017, finding him guilty and sentencing him to life in prison. A long-time member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, Mladic began his career in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in 1965.
- He came to prominence in the Yugoslav Wars, initially as a high-ranking officer of the Yugoslav People's Army and subsequently as the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska in the Bosnian War of 1992–95.
- He has been referred to by certain media outlets as the "Butcher of Bosnia". In July 1996 the Trial Chamber of the ICTY, proceeding in the absence of Mladic under the ICTY's Rule 61, confirmed all counts of the original indictments, finding there were reasonable grounds to believe he had committed the alleged crimes, and issued an international arrest warrant.
- The Serbian and United States' governments offered €5 million for information leading to Mladic's capture and arrest.
- Mladic nevertheless managed to remain at large for nearly sixteen years, initially sheltered by Serbian and Bosnian Serb security forces and later by family.
- On 26 May 2011, he was arrested in Lazarevo, Serbia.
- His capture was considered to be one of the pre-conditions for Serbia being awarded candidate status for European Union membership. On 22 November 2017, he was sentenced to life in prison by the ICTY after being found guilty of 10 charges, one of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and four of violations of the laws or customs of war.
- He was cleared of one count of genocide.
- As the top military officer with command responsibility, Mladic was deemed by the ICTY to be responsible for both the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre.
