Momčilo Krajišnik
Momčilo Krajišnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Крајишник; 20 January 1945 – 15 September 2020) was a Bosnian Serb politician.
Along with Radovan Karadžić, he co-founded the Bosnian Serb nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS).[1]
Between 1990 and 1992, he was speaker of the People's Assembly of Republika Srpska. Between June and December 1992, he was member of the expanded Presidency of Republika Srpska.
After the Bosnian War, he was elected Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the September 1996.
In 2006, Krajišnik was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War (1992–95) by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.[2] H
Krajišnik was hospitalized in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska with COVID-19.[3] He died on 15 September 2020 from the infection, aged 75.[4]
References change
- ↑ "Bosnia Serb jailed for war crimes". BBC News. 27 September 2006.
- ↑ "Prosecutor v. Momcilo Krajisnik judgement" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
- ↑ I.P. (29 August 2020). "Ratni zločinac Momčilo Krajišnik zbog koronavirusa u bolnici" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ Momčilo Krajišnik preminuo od posledica koronavirusa (in Serbian)
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