“Serbia's Šešelj incited ethnic cleansing”
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Vojislav Šešelj
Vojislav Šešelj is a Serbian politician and war criminal. He is the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). From 1998 to 2000, he was a deputy prime minister of Serbia.
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politics · Serbian politician (born 1954) · politician · university teacher · military personnel · writer · lawyer · also Vojislav Šešelj, Vojvoda, Šešelj, Šešelj Vojislav, Dr Vojislav Šešelj, Magistar
Born 11 October 1954 · Q298063
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2026· 4 entries
“War crime suspects go for win in Serb poll”
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“Vojislav Šešelj: Milošević's hard-line ally”
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KOHA.net: Vojvoda and Udinese advance to the Coppa Italia
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2020· 1 entry
“Nursing assistants' experiences of administering manual restraint for compulsory nasogastric feeding of young persons with anorexia nervosa”
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2018· 1 entry
“that Connecticut now seeks to defend. === “Rise up, women! : the remarkable lives of the suffragettes”
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2012· 1 entry
But failed to pass the first round gaining 3
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2005· 1 entry
Šešelj made headlines when he was asked to read a letter which he earlier sent to the ICTY that stated his contempt for the court
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2003· 1 entry
And Šešelj surrendered to the ICTY on February 23, 2003
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1998· 3 entries
As violence in the Serbian province of Kosovo increased, Šešelj joined Milošević's national unity government, siding briefly with the pro-Milošević government
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (1998–2000).
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Đujić said that he regretted awarding the title to Šešelj on account of his involvement with Slobodan Milošević
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1995· 2 entries
Šešelj wrote in the publication Velika Srbija (Greater Serbia) a memorandum that outlined the Serbianisation of Kosovo
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“Force-feeding extracts from Purvis”
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1994· 1 entry
And 1995 for his opposition to Milošević
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1993· 1 entry
The Milošević regime cut off all support for Šešelj's Chetniks out of the fear that Šešelj was becoming too popular and might pose a threat to the regime
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1992· 1 entry
And Šešelj publicly proclaimed their backing of Milošević as late as August 1993
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1991· 1 entry
Šešelj founded his Chetnik militia with the aim of winning military glory that would assist with his political career
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1989· 1 entry
Šešelj returned to the United States where Momčilo Đujić, a Chetnik leader from World War II living there in exile, bestowed on Šešelj the title Chetnik vojvoda (Vojvoda of the Chetniks), the first since World War II, to
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1979· 2 entries
Studied at University of Greifswald (1979–1979).
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Studied at University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Doctor of Philosophy (1976–1979).
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1978· 1 entry
Spent two and a half months at the Grand Valley State Colleges in the US in its exchange program with the University of Sarajevo
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1976· 2 entries
Studied at Faculty of Law (University of Sarajevo) (1973–1976).
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Šešelj wanted a job as assistant lecturer at the University of Sarajevo's faculty of law; however, no assistant positions were posted at the faculty for the following school year, leaving him with nothing to apply for
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1975· 1 entry
As part of a university delegation, the 21-year-old Šešelj visited the University of Mannheim in West Germany for two weeks, which was his first trip abroad
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1972· 1 entry
And 1973, he worked as a labourer around the Morava River, building embankments
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-10-11.
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1953· 1 entry
Before moving to Sarajevo, where they lived on modest means in adapted housing at the old Sarajevo train station as his father was employed in the state-run ŽTP railway company
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