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Biljana Plavšić

1930 - Today

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Biljana Plavšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана Плавшић; born 7 July 1930) is a Bosnian Serb former politician, university professor and scientist who served as President of Republika Srpska and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for her role in the Bosnian War. Plavšić was indicted in 2001 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. She plea-bargained with the ICTY and was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2003, to be served in a Swedish prison.She was released on 27 October 2009 after serving two-thirds of her sentence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Biljana Plavšić has received more than 308,318 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Biljana Plavšić is the 1,981st most popular politician (down from 1,899th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 14th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Politician.

Biljana Plavšić is most famous for being a Serbian politician and the first woman to serve as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Biljana Plavšić ranks 1,981 out of 15,577Before her are Mary of Guise, Al-Kamil, Gennady Zyuganov, James Callaghan, Tiglath-Pileser III, and Constans. After her are Boris I of Bulgaria, Emeric, King of Hungary, George of Poděbrady, Emperor Taizong of Song, Jayavarman VII, and Donald Rumsfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Biljana Plavšić ranks 36Before her are Tu Youyou, Harold Pinter, Immanuel Wallerstein, Gary Becker, Bernie Ecclestone, and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. After her are Robert Wagner, Carlos Menem, Hugh Everett III, Félix Guattari, Leon Cooper, and Edsger W. Dijkstra.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Biljana Plavšić ranks 13 out of 320Before her are Emir Kusturica (1954), Valerius Severus (300), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Goran Bregović (1950), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), and Prince Marko (1335). After her are Vahid Halilhodžić (1952), Vladimir Prelog (1906), Slobodan Praljak (1945), Miroslav Blažević (1935), Zoran Đinđić (1952), and Silvana Armenulić (1939).

Among POLITICIANS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among politicians born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Biljana Plavšić ranks 8Before her are Alija Izetbegović (1925), Ante Pavelić (1889), Valerius Severus (300), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), and Prince Marko (1335). After her are Zoran Đinđić (1952), Fikret Abdić (1939), Vojislav Šešelj (1954), Vukašin of Serbia (1320), Haris Silajdžić (1945), and Ban Kulin (1163).