Ratko Mladić

Convicted war-criminal and former general of the Bosnian Serb military (1991-1996)

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Born 1943
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The Trial of Ratko Mla…
2018

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Updated 2026-09-01

The Army of Republika Srpska commander during the Bosnian War now serving life in The Hague for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. His sixteen-year flight from justice ended in a Serbian village in 2011.

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Born 12 March 1942, Mladić joined the Yugoslav People's Army in 1965 as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. He rose through JNA ranks before becoming Chief of Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska when the Bosnian War broke out in 1992. In July 1996, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia issued an international arrest warrant after finding reasonable grounds he had committed the alleged crimes. Protected first by Serbian and Bosnian Serb security forces, then by family, he evaded capture for nearly sixteen years despite a €5 million bounty. Arrested in L…

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