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Ratko Mladic

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (March 12, 1942- )
    Born in Bozanovici, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Officer in the Yugoslav People's Army (1965-92)
    Chief of Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska (1992-96)
    Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity (1995)
    Arrested in Serbia (May 26, 2011)
    Extradited to The Hague (May 31, 2011)
    Trial formally began (May 16, 2012)
    Sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity (November 22, 2017)

Why he might be annoying:

    He openly told Srpska leaders Radovan Karadzic and Momcilo Krajisnik that their plans to unify Serb territory could not be accomplished without genocide.
    He commanded the troops that perpetrated the Srebenica massacre in which 8,300 Bosnian Muslims were murdered (July 11-13, 1995).
    Before the massacre, he told soldiers 'There will be blood up to your knees.'
    His defense against charges that his soldiers engaged in the systematic rape of Muslim women: 'We Serbs are too picky.'
    Despite the war crimes indictment, he lived openly in Belgrade until the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic.
    He continued to be protected by Serbian security forces after he went underground.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father died leading a partisan attack against Fascist leader Ante Pavelic.
    Unlike most of Srpska's political leaders, he led an ascetic lifestyle.
    He hated war profiteers.
    His daughter Ana committed suicide using his handgun at age 23 (1994).
    One of his former commanders told Newsweek, 'Some people think he went mad. Mladić’s life had two phases – before and after the death of Ana. He never recovered.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 116 Votes: 47.41% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 131 Votes: 68.70% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 64 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 121 Votes: 57.02% Annoying