Momčilo Krajišnik
Momčilo Krajišnik | |
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Момчило Крајишник | |
Krajišnik in 1996 | |
| 1st Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| In office 5 October 1996 – 13 October 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Hasan Muratović |
| Preceded by | Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović (as member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Succeeded by | Živko Radišić |
| 1st Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska | |
| In office 24 October 1991 – 19 October 1996 | |
| President | Radovan KaradžićBiljana Plavšić |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Dragan Kalinić |
| 13th Speaker of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| In office 20 December 1990 – 3 March 1992 | |
| President | Alija Izetbegović |
| Prime Minister | Jure Pelivan |
| Preceded by | Zlatan Karavdić |
| Succeeded by | Mariofil Ljubić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1945 Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 15 September 2020 (aged 75) Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Citizenship | Bosnia and Herzegovina,Serbia |
| Political party | Serb Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo (BEc, MEc) |
Momčilo Krajišnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Крајишник; 20 January 1945 – 15 September 2020) was a Bosnian Serb political leader and convicted war criminal, who along with Radovan Karadžić co-founded the Bosnian Serb nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS). Between 1990 and 1992, he was speaker of the People's Assembly of Republika Srpska. Between June and December 1992, Krajišnik also served as a member of the expanded Presidency of Republika Srpska. After the Bosnian War, he was elected Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the September 1996 election and served in that post from October 1996 until October 1998. He lost his bid for re-election in 1998 to Živko Radišić.
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 in prison. He was later granted early release on 1 September 2013 and returned to Republika Srpska. Krajišnik died on 15 September 2020, in Banja Luka, as a result of complications caused by COVID-19.