Radovan "Badža" Stojičić (

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: Радован Баџа Стојичић; 1951 – 11 April 1997) was a Serbian police general, leader of the Public Security Service and acting Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia.

Biography

He graduated from the High School of Internal Affairs in

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and the Faculty of Physical Education in Belgrade, where he received his master's degree in special forces physical fitness. He started as a beat officer and was in charge of Tašmajdan Park for many years. He was later transferred as a physical education officer to the Secretariat of Internal Affairs of Belgrade and led

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. In the mid-1980s, he was transferred to the

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, where he became deputy commander. Stojičić became known for entering the Stari trg mine and putting a stop to the Kosovo miners' strike in 1989. He was also the commander of the Territorial Defense of

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in 1991, at a time of fierce conflict in the area. From there, he came to the position of Chief of Public Security in the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia, and in 1992, he was appointed Deputy Minister. In April 1993 by decree of the President of Serbia, Slobodan Milošević, he received the highest rank in the police: Colonel General. When

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was elected Federal Minister of the Interior, Stojičić was elected to serve as acting Minister of the Interior of Serbia.

Death

He was killed on 11 April 1997 in the Mamma Mia restaurant in

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. His murder has not been solved. He is interred in the

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in the

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References

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