Jovica Stanišić
Jovica Stanišić ( Serbian - Cyrillic Јовица Станишић ; born July 30, 1950 in Ratkovo , Yugoslavia ) is a former Serbian and Yugoslav secret service director .
Life
Stanišić studied political science at the University of Belgrade and joined the Yugoslav secret service SDB ("UDBA") in 1974 , where he worked in counter-espionage as an expert specializing in the KGB . He was involved in the capture of the terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ("Carlos").
From 1992 to 1998 he was head of the secret service of Serbia and Yugoslavia Resor državne bezbednosti (RDB) and was considered number two after the head of state Slobodan Milošević . In 2003 he and Franko Simatović were indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague for crimes against humanity and violations of war laws or customs during the Yugoslav war . Stanišić was later released from custody to prepare for his defense in Belgrade.
In 2013, Stanišić was acquitted of all charges in the first instance. The court held that he supported war criminals, financed them and had them trained in the military, but emphasized that the aid was “of a general nature ” and was not aimed at committing war crimes. In May 2017, the proceedings against Stanišić and Simatović were reopened.
Web links
- Short biography of Stanišić
- ICTY indictment against Franko Simatović and Jovica Stanišić
- Transcripts of the proceedings against Franko Simatović and Jovica Stanišić
Individual evidence
- ↑ Irritation about the UN tribunal
- ↑ Zoran Arbutina: The Hague is waiting for the "icy one". Deutsche Welle on May 29, 2017
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stanišić, Jovica |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian politician, head of the secret service in Serbia and Yugoslavia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratkovo, SR Serbia , Yugoslavia |