Butcher of the Balkans
Appearance
Butcher of the Balkans is a sobriquet that has been used for the following individuals who committed 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), the former president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Ratko Mladić (born 1942), a Bosnian Serb general during the Bosnian War, convicted perpetrator of the genocide of the Bosniaks
- Radovan Karadžić (born 1945), served as Bosnian Serb president during Bosnian War, convicted perpetrator of the genocide of the Bosniaks
- In fiction
- Henrik Willemse, a villain in the last Little Orphan Annie (2010) arc, continued in Dick Tracy (2014)