Ratko Mladić

Ratko Mladić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Младић, pronounced [râtko mlǎːdit͡ɕ]; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb convicted Yugoslav war criminal and colonel-general. He led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars.

Ratko Mladić
Ратко Младић
Mladić on trial at The Hague in 2012
Born	(1942-03-12) 12 March 1942 Božanovići, Independent State of Croatia
Political party	Serb Democratic League of Communists (formerly)
Conviction(s)	Genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment
Details
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Allegiance	Yugoslavia Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska
Service/branch	Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) Army of Republika Srpska (VRS)
Years of service	1965–1996
Rank	Colonel-general
Unit	Armored divisions, artillery, special forces
Commands held	9th Corps (JNA) 2nd Military District Headquarters (JNA) Chief of the VRS General Staff
Battles/wars	Croatian War of Independence Operation Coast-91 Bosnian War Operation Vrbas '92 Siege of Sarajevo Operation Corridor Operations Krivaja '95 and Stupčanica '95
Awards	Order of Brotherhood and Unity (II) Order of Military Merits (III) Order of Military Merits (II) Order of the People's Army (II)

In 2017, he was found guilty of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for leading the Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre.

Ratko Mladic served in the Yugoslav Military from 1965-1996 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1980 later a Colonel in 1986 . He was then promoted to Major-General in 1991 and in 1992 he became Lieutenant Colonel General.