Goran Radosavljević
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Goran Radosavljević was a Serbian police general
and the first commander of Serbian special police unit Žandarmerija.
He was born in 1957 in Aranđelovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. Radosavljević graduated from the faculty for physical culture. He worked in the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs
since 1985. He initially taught in special combat, and then became head of the relevant department.
When the war started in the former Yugoslavia, he joined the special police units which were subsequently turned into the gendarmerie
. During the Kosovo war
(1998–1999), Guri led a cluster of counter-terrorist teams called Operational Group (OPG), established to counter the terrorist-listed Kosovo Liberation Army
(KLA) who sought to separate Kosovo
from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia
). The OPG were later suspected of killing 41 ethnic Albanian civilians in the Cuska massacre
in western Kosovo in May 1999.
The general led OPG against KLA for the whole Kosovo war, and a number of human rights groups have charged that the OPG committed war crimes against civilians. Goran Radosavljevic "Guri" was the person in charge in the military operation in Račak on 15 January 1999, which would be known as the Račak massacre. Serbian War crime prosecutor also brought him in connection with the killing of Bytyqi brothers
.
He became the first commander of the re-established Gendarmerie of Serbia
on 28 June 2001.
In 2003, the United States
agreed to the deployment of 1,000 Serbian troops to Afghanistan, commanded by General Goran Radosavljevic.
In 2005 he left the Serbian police.
On 17 December 2006, Serbian police announced the search for Goran Radosavljević. No indictment
has been issued against Radosavljević.
In 2007 Guri came to the public and denounced his rumors of hiding. By 2010, he had decided to join the Serbian Progressive Party
and enroll in politics.
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
and the first commander of Serbian special police unit Žandarmerija.
He was born in 1957 in Aranđelovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. Radosavljević graduated from the faculty for physical culture. He worked in the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a governmental agency responsible for local and national law enforcement services in Serbia. It has numerous municipal and district branches throughout the country...
since 1985. He initially taught in special combat, and then became head of the relevant department.
When the war started in the former Yugoslavia, he joined the special police units which were subsequently turned into the gendarmerie
Gendarmerie
A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called "gendarmes". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties" and a "gendarmery, -erie" as...
. During the Kosovo war
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
(1998–1999), Guri led a cluster of counter-terrorist teams called Operational Group (OPG), established to counter the terrorist-listed Kosovo Liberation Army
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA was a Kosovar Albanian paramilitary organization which sought the separation of Kosovo from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s....
(KLA) who sought to separate Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
). The OPG were later suspected of killing 41 ethnic Albanian civilians in the Cuska massacre
Cuska massacre
The Cuska massacre is the name generally used to refer to the mass killing of 48 Kosovo Albanian civilians, all men and boys, committed by the Yugoslav army, police, paramilitary and Serb volunteers from Bosnia in May 1999, during the Kosovo war...
in western Kosovo in May 1999.
The general led OPG against KLA for the whole Kosovo war, and a number of human rights groups have charged that the OPG committed war crimes against civilians. Goran Radosavljevic "Guri" was the person in charge in the military operation in Račak on 15 January 1999, which would be known as the Račak massacre. Serbian War crime prosecutor also brought him in connection with the killing of Bytyqi brothers
The killing of Bytyqi brothers
The Bytyqi brothers were three American-Kosovo Albanians killed by Serb police shortly after the end of the war in Kosovo, while they were in custody in Petrovo Selo, Serbia. The bodies of the three brothers were discovered in July 2001 in a mass grave containing 70 Albanians in rural Petrovo Selo,...
.
He became the first commander of the re-established Gendarmerie of Serbia
Military of Serbia
The Serbian Armed Forces are the armed services of Serbia. They consist of the Serbian Army and the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence...
on 28 June 2001.
In 2003, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
agreed to the deployment of 1,000 Serbian troops to Afghanistan, commanded by General Goran Radosavljevic.
In 2005 he left the Serbian police.
On 17 December 2006, Serbian police announced the search for Goran Radosavljević. No indictment
Indictment
An indictment , in the common-law legal system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that maintain the concept of felonies, the serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that lack the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offence—an...
has been issued against Radosavljević.
In 2007 Guri came to the public and denounced his rumors of hiding. By 2010, he had decided to join the Serbian Progressive Party
Serbian Progressive Party
The Serbian Progressive Party is a right-wing political party in Serbia.-History:The Serbian Progressive Party formed as a group of breakaway MPs in parliament from the Serbian Radical Party led by Tomislav Nikolić over disagreements about the direction of the party. Its founding congress was...
and enroll in politics.