Butcher of the Balkans is a sobriquet that has been used for the following individuals who committed or were otherwise responsible for war crimes and other atrocities in the Balkans.
Andrija Artuković (1899–1988), Croatian fascist politician, Porajmos perpetrator, perpetrator of the genocide of the Serbs, and a minister of the Independent State of Croatia Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), Croatian fascist politician, Porajmos perpetrator, perpetrator of the genocide of the Serbs, and leader of the Independent State of Croatia Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006), president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ratko Mladić (1942–2026), Bosnian Serb general during the Bosnian War, convicted perpetrator of the genocide of the Bosniaks Radovan Karadžić (born 1945), Bosnian Serb president, convicted perpetrator of the genocide of the Bosniaks
In fiction
Henrik Willemse, a villain in the last Little Orphan Annie (2010) arc, continued in Dick Tracy (2014)
See also
Butcher of Bosnia Butcher of the Somme, a sobriquet given to Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), the commander of the British Expeditionary Force in World War One