Butcher of the Balkans

Butcher of the Balkans is a sobriquet that has been used for the following individuals who committed or were otherwise responsible for war crimes and other atrocities in the Balkans.

  • Andrija Artuković (1899–1988), Croatian fascist politician, Porajmos perpetrator, perpetrator of the genocide of the Serbs, and a minister of the Independent State of Croatia
  • Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), Croatian fascist politician, Porajmos perpetrator, perpetrator of the genocide of the Serbs, and leader of the Independent State of Croatia
  • Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006), president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Ratko Mladić (born 1942), Bosnian Serb general during the Bosnian War, convicted perpetrator of the genocide of the Bosniaks
  • Radovan Karadžić (born 1945), Bosnian Serb president, convicted perpetrator of the genocide of the Bosniaks
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