Which heads of state or government have been convicted for war crimes?

Brainyblonde

This is a list of formally charged and/or convicted war criminals as according to the conduct and rules of warfare as defined by the Nurnberg Trials following World War II as well as earlier agreements such as Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907, the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, and the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and 1949 Laszlo Bardossy (1890-1946), Hungarian Prime Minister Corneliu Calotescu, Romanian Governor of Bukovina Emil Hacha (1872-1945), German jurist and president of Czechoslovakia Hirota Koki (1878-1948), Japanese premier from 1936-1937 Jean Kambanda (b. 1955), Rwandan prime minister and participant in the Rwandan Genocide Slobodan Milošević (1941-2006), former President of Yugoslavia, was on trial for war crimes at the time of his death. Milan Milutinović (b. 1942), Serbian president and supporter of Slobodan Milošević Milan Nedic (1878-1946), Serbian head of state Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), dictator of the Independent State of Croatia and founding member of the Ustasha movement Henri Philippe Petain (1856-1951), Marshal of France and head of the collaborative Vichy France Biljana Plavšić (b. 1930), is a Serbian politician and former president of the Republika Srpska Pol Pot (1925-1998) Prime minister of Cambodia and of the Khmer Rouge from 1975-1979. Risto Ryti (1889-1956), Finnish collaborator and premier Dome Sztojay (d. 1946), Hungarian prime minister Jozef Tiso (1887-1947), Slovakian president Hideki Tojo, (1884-1948), Japanese prime minister Vojtech Tuka (1880-1946), Slovakian prime minister http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_crimes Aug 05 06, 10:03 PM

Allergic2Life

Saddam Hussein, former head of Iraq, is currently on trial for war crimes and is almost certain to be convicted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Saddam_Hussein Aug 06 06, 3:55 AM