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Biography of Ratko MladicName: Ratko MladicBirth Date: March 12, 1943 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Bozinovici, Yugoslavia Nationality: Serbian Gender: Male Occupations: general Ratko Mladic Ratko Mladic (born 1943) led the Bosnian Serb fight in the Balkan war against Muslims, Croatians, and Serbians which began in 1991. Mladic's savage leadership is reported to have resulted in the deaths of thousands of soldiers and civilians alike, and he has been charged with war crimes.General Ratko Mladic's forces led the assault on Sarajevo and the "ethnic cleansing" atrocities committed against Muslims. The region's history is marked by conflict among its inhabitants, and after the death of communist leader Tito who held the various ethnic groups together with his party apparatus, the nation known as Yugoslavia gradually eroded into hostilities.Raised in Military TraditionBorn in the tiny village of Bozinovici, 25 miles south of Sarajevo in Eastern Bosnia, on March 12, 1943, Ratko Mladic grew up in an environment filled with passionate nationalistic sentiments and a tradition of war. On his second birthday, Mladic's father, Nedja, died while fighting Ustasa forces, units …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Franjo Tudjman (1922-) Croatian presidentAlija Izetbegovic (1925-) Bosnian presidentWilliam Perry (1927-) American Secretary of Defense (Clinton)Slobodan Milosevic (1941-) Serbian presidentRadovan Karadzic (1945-) Bosnian; Leader of Bosnian SerbsBill Clinton (1946-) American PresidentSelected world events:1946: Ten Nazi officials hung following Nuremburg Trial1949: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founded1951: New Jersey Turnpike opened1954: Sen. Joseph McCarthy was censured by Senate colleagues1964: Leonid Brezhnev came to power in the Soviet Union1980: Yugoslavian president Tito died at age 87 after 35-year rule1992: Bosnia seceded from Yugoslavia, civil war erupted1995: U.S. pilot Scott O'Grady rescued from Bosnia Further Reading American Lawyer, September, 1995, p.5.British Broadcasting Summary of World Broadcasts, March 18, 1996.International Herald Tribune, February 21, 1996; March 23, 1996.New Republic, Vol. 211, December 19, 1994, p. 12; Vol. 213, August 7, 1995, p. 6.New York Times, August 8, 1993, p. 1-14; September 4, 1994, p. 6-26; April 17, 1994, p. 1-12; May 30, 1996, p. A7; November 28, 1996, p. A3.Rocky Mountain News, April 12, 1994, p. A23.St. Petersburg Times, July 26, 1995, p. A2.Washington Post, January 23, 1995, p. A10; September 7, 1995, p. A1; February 18, 1996, p. A33. |