Timeline in the life of President Radovan Karadzic

FILE - In this Thursday July 31, 2008 file photo, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stands in the courtroom during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. More than 20 years after Bosnia's war, Radovan Karadzic will learn his fate on Thursday when U.N. judges deliver verdicts in his genocide and war crimes trial. (Jerry Lampen/Pool via AP, File) FILE - In this Thursday July 31, 2008 file photo, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stands in the courtroom during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. More than 20 years after Bosnia's war, Radovan Karadzic will learn his fate on Thursday when U.N. judges deliver verdicts in his genocide and war crimes trial. (Jerry Lampen/Pool via AP, File)

By Associated Press March 24, 2016 2 min read

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, whose trial on 11 charges including two counts of genocide concludes Thursday:

June 19, 1945: Born in Savnik, Yugoslavia, in what is now the Republic of Montenegro.

July 12, 1990: A founding member of the Serbian Democratic Party in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

March 27, 1992: Becomes president of Serbia’s National Security Council.

April 6, 1992: Bosnia is recognized as an independent state by the United Nations.