Vlastimir Đorđević

Vlastimir Đorđević
Đorđević on trial in September 2014
Native name
Властимир Ђорђевић
Nickname(s)Рођа
Born (1948-11-17) 17 November 1948
Koznica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
AllegianceFederal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Branch Serbian police
Years of serviceuntil 2001
Battles / wars
Ambush in Prokuplje
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade

Vlastimir Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Властимир Ђорђевић; born 17 November 1948) is a Serbian former police colonel general. For his role in the Kosovo War, he was found guilty of war crimes against Kosovo Albanians before the ICTY.[1]

Life and career

Đorđević was born in Koznica, Vladičin Han, PR Serbia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. Đorđević was Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia, and Chief of the Public Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from June 1997 to 30 January 2001.[2]

ICTY trial and sentence

He was indicted by the ICTY for being part of the 1999 Serb crackdown on Kosovo Albanian citizens. As Chief of the Public Security Department, he was responsible for ensuring that all units of the Public Security Department in Serbia for Kosovo carried out their orders. Until 17 June 2007, he was believed to be in Russia. On the morning of 17 June 2007, Đorđević was arrested in Montenegro, near the city of Budva.[3]

On 23 February 2011, the ICTY ruled Đorđević guilty of all five charges made against him. He was given 27 years' imprisonment.[4] However, the Appeals Chamber of the Hague Tribunal reduced his sentence to 18 years' imprisonment on 27 January 2014. He was transferred to Germany to serve out his sentence.[1]

Ðorđević was released in June 2025.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Former police official's prison term reduced by 9 years". B92. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Vlastimir Đorđević Case Information Sheet" (PDF). icty.org.
  3. ^ Đorđević profile Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, b92.net; accessed 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Serbian Vlastimir Đorđević jailed over Kosovo murder". BBC News. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  5. ^ "PJP dobile svoju prvu ulicu u Srbiji: Tablu otkrio general u penziji Vlastimir Đorđević (Foto)". okradio.rs. 25 June 2025.


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