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.
Tokom rata, Karadžić je bio predsednik republike bosanskih Srba i njenog Saveta za nacionalnu bezbednost, kao i vrhovni komandant oružanih snaga bosanskih Srba i vođa Srpske demokratske stranke.