Vojislav Šešelj Politician

Vojislav Šešelj (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Шешељ, pronounced [ʋǒjislaʋ ʃěʃeʎ]; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. A staunch pro-Russian Serbian nationalist, he is the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party and a former member of the Serbian Parliament.He is currently awaiting the verdict for alleged war crimes and is suspected of being involved in crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He surrendered voluntarily in February 2003 but his trial did not begin until November 2007. On 24 July 2009, he was sentenced to a further 15 months in custody for disrespecting the court, after publishing names of witnesses on his internet site.

Personal facts

Birth date	October 11, 1954
Birth place	Sarajevo , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Religion	Serbian Orthodox Church
Education	University of Sarajevo
Spouse	Jadranka Šešelj