Ratko Mladić was a Bosnian Serb military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars with the rank of colonel general. Referred to as the "Butcher of Bosnia", he was found guilty in 2017 of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) during the Bosnian War of 1992–1995. He served a life sentence for these crimes in The Hague until his death in 2026.
- Occupation
- soldier, military officer
- Citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
- Born
- March 12, 1943, March 12, 1942, 1942
- Died
- August 27, 2026