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Ratko Mladi?
(
Serbian Cyrillic
:
Ратко Млади?
,
pronounced
[ratko ml?ːdit??]
; 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
.
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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.