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Biljana Plavšić

Bosnian Serb politician
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Plavšić, Biljana
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Category: History & Society
Born:
July 7, 1930, Tuzla, Yugoslavia [now in Bosnia-Herzegovina] (age 93)
Political Affiliation:
Serb Democratic Party
Role In:
Bosnian War
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Biljana Plavšić (born July 7, 1930, Tuzla, Yugoslavia [now in Bosnia-Herzegovina]) Bosnian Serb politician, known as “the Iron Lady,” who served as president of the Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) from 1996 to 1998. Her conduct during and after the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s led to her trial and imprisonment for war crimes. Plavšić was born to an academic family and spent much of her early life in Sarajevo, where her father was the director of natural sciences at one of the city’s museums. She studied botany, eventually specializing in plant viruses and earning a Ph.D. from the University ...(100 of 455 words)

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