He was an executive of the largest company in Bosnia, Energoinvest, which made parts for Russian nuclear reactors. Krajisnik rose to the post of speaker of the Bosnian parliament in 1990, before the Serbs walked out and the war began. After the war ended in 1995, he served as the Serb representative on the three-member Bosnian presidency, along with a Croat and a Muslim. Says Ethnic Division Is Natural During his election campaign, he and other senior leaders of the Serb Democratic Party advocated Serb secession from Bosnia. Election officials made them apologize publicly on the eve of the vote.
Aides describe the widower and father of three as conservative and pious.
He considers separation based on ethnicity and religion to be natural. Like many other leaders in the Bosnian conflict, he was rumored to have enriched himself through illegal dealings during and after the war. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. The arrest of Momcilo Krajsnik is raising hopes for that the Bosnian Serb parliament will finally be able to function, after four years of inactivity. Krajsnik was one of the chief negotiators for the Bosnian Serbs at Dayton and met with many leading international officials.