During the war, Karadzic was the president of the Bosnian Serb republic and of its National Security Council, as well as supreme commander of the Bosnian Serb armed forces and the leader of the Serbian Democratic Party.
Karadžić je tokom rata bio predsjednik bosanske Republike Srpske i njenog Vijeća nacionalne sigurnosti, kao i glavni zapovjednik oružanih snaga bosanskih Srba i lider Srpske demokratske stranke.