Guide Note

Tomislav Nikolic is the Speaker of Parliament in Serbia, and is the acting leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) while its elected leader Vojislav Šešelj is on trial in the Netherlands for war crimes. Nikolic has run multiple campaigns for President of Serbia, and lost by a narrow margin in the 2008 election.

Fast Facts

Born: February 15, 1952 in Kragujevac, Serbia
Political party: Serbian Radial Party (SRS)
Current Speaker of Serbian Parliament
Assumed office: May 8, 2007
Preceded by: Predrag Markovic
Run numerous presidential campaigns
Lost by a narrow margin to Boris Tadić in 2008
Served as vice-president under Slobodan Milosevic
Implicated in war crimes taking place in Antin village in 1991

War Crime Implications

Although Vojislav Šešelj is officially on trial for war crimes, Nikolic has himself been been implicated in, but not formally charged with war crimes. Nikolic was stationed in the village of Antin, during a 1991 massacre of several elderly civilians. Nikolic claims that there were no civilian deaths, and that he had not personally fired a single shot while stationed there. And official Croatian investigation concluded that there is no direct evidence of Nikolic's involvement.

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Tomislav Nikolic

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Wikipedia: Tomislav Nikolić
BBC News: Profile: Tomislav Nikolic
Reuters: "Tadic Narrowly Beats Nikolic in Serbia Election" (February 4, 2008)
Reuters: "Interview: Serbian Frontrunner Pledges East-West Balance" (January 14, 2008)
Radio Free Europe: "Serbian Parliament Speaker Calls For Closer Russia Ties" (2007)
BIRN: "Kosovo Condemns Nikolic Appointment" (2007)
Christian Science Monitor: "Interview with Tomislav Nikolic" (January 18, 2008)
- "I'm expecting Kosovo to declare independence. If they declare, we'll stop Kosovo Albanians coming to Serbia. We'll stop them traveling through Serbia. We won't recognize their passports ... we'll cut off the supply of goods to Kosovo"

Tomislav Nikolic Recent News

Google News: Tomislav Nikolic
Radio Free Europe: After Tadic Victory, Kosovo Independence Looms (February 4, 2008)
Herald Sun: "Tomislav Nikolic Wins Serbs' Pivotal Vote" (January 22, 2008)
CNN: "Exit Eoll: Nikolic Leads in Serbia" (January 21, 2008)
International Herald Tribune: "Milosevic Ally Wins First Round in Serbia" (January 20, 2008)
The Times: "Serb Hardliner Tomislav Nikolic on Brink of Power" (January 20, 2008)
CNN: "Serbia's Future Hinges on Vote" (January 18, 2008)
- "Leading the polls by the narrowest of margins is Tomislav Nikolic of the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party, which backed Milosevic during his Balkan war campaigns in the 1990s until the former president's ouster in 2000 in a popular uprising"
Christian Science Monitor: "Serbian Elections Focus on Keeping Kosovo" (January 18, 2008)
B92 News: "Nikolić: Time for Change of Government" (December 22, 2007)
International Herald Tribune: "Interview: Calls for Russian Military Bases in Serbia" (December 17, 2007)
Radio Free Europe: "Former Milosevic Ally Elected Serbian Parliament Speaker" (2007)
Reuters: "Serb Parliament Elects Hardline Nationalist Speaker" (2007)

Tomislav Nikolic and Commentaries

Financial Times: "Belgrade’s Choice" (January 21, 2008)
World Politics Review: Serbian Presidential Contenders Compete for Nationalist Vote (January 18, 2008)
Daily Star: "Serbia's Choice: A Prosperous Future or an Obsessive Past?" (January 17, 2008)

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