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Radovan Karadžić

1945 - Today

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Radovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdoʋaːn kâradʒitɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. Trained as a psychiatrist, he co-founded the Serb Democratic Party in Bosnia and Herzegovina and served as the first president of Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. He was a fugitive from 1996 until July 2008, after having been indicted for war crimes by the ICTY. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Radovan Karadžić has received more than 3,267,291 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Radovan Karadžić is the 451st most popular politician (up from 454th in 2019), the most popular biography from Montenegro and the most popular Montenegrin Politician.

Radovan Karadžić is most famous for being the leader of the Bosnian Serb Army, who was found guilty of genocide and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Radovan Karadžić ranks 451 out of 19,576. Before him are Peisistratos, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Menkaure, Louis X of France, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and Otho. After him are Louis Bonaparte, Mustafa III, Shah Jahan, Alaric I, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Lothair I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Radovan Karadžić ranks 11. Before him are Rodrigo Duterte, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vince McMahon, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Wim Wenders. After him are Tom Selleck, Eric Clapton, Helen Mirren, Daniel Ortega, Jupp Heynckes, and Priscilla Presley.

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In Montenegro

Among people born in Montenegro, Radovan Karadžić ranks 1 out of 142. After him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888), Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1182), Stefan Nemanja (1113), Elena of Montenegro (1871), Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841), Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813), Milovan Đilas (1911), Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864), Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1459), Milena Vukotić (1848), and Princess Milica of Montenegro (1866).

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Among POLITICIANS In Montenegro

Among politicians born in Montenegro, Radovan Karadžić ranks 1. After him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888), Stefan Nemanja (1113), Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841), Milovan Đilas (1911), Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1459), Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro (1826), Milo Đukanović (1962), George, Crown Prince of Serbia (1887), Radola Gajda (1892), Peko Dapčević (1913), and Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820).

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