Slobodan Milošević

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Slobodan Milošević
Слободан Милошевић
3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office 23 July 1997 – 7 October 2000
Prime Minister	Radoje Kontić Momir Bulatović
Preceded by	Zoran Lilić
Succeeded by	Vojislav Koštunica
1st President of Serbia
In office 11 January 1991[a] – 23 July 1997
Prime Minister	Dragutin Zelenović Radoman Božović Nikola Šainović Mirko Marjanović
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Dragan Tomić (Acting) Milan Milutinović
7th President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia
In office 8 May 1989 – 11 January 1991[a]
Prime Minister	Desimir Jevtić Stanko Radmilović
Preceded by	Petar Gračanin Ljubiša Igić (Acting)
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-20)20 August 1941 Požarevac, Yugoslavia
Died	11 March 2006(2006-03-11) (aged 64) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Serbian
Political party	Socialist Party of Serbia (after 1990) League of Communists of Yugoslavia (until 1990)
Spouse(s)	Mirjana Marković ​ ​ (m. 1971; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 2006)​
Children	Marko Milošević Marija Milošević
Alma mater	University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
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a. ^ Became "President of the Presidency" of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (a constituent country of SFR Yugoslavia) on 8 May 1989. After SFR Yugoslavia collapsed, he continued as the first President of the Republic of Serbia (a constituent of the newly formed FR Yugoslavia) from 11 January 1991.

Slobodan Milošević listen (help·info) (Serbian: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced [sloˈbodan miˈloʃevitɕ]; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Serbian, Yugoslav leader. He was President of Serbia from 1989 to 1996 and then President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2000.

He was the leader of Serbia's ruling Socialist Party. He was a leader in the Yugoslav Wars. He also led his nation to defend itself against NATO aggression that took Kosovo from Serbia. NATO leaders charged him for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the bombing of Yugoslavia. He lost re-election in 2000.

Milosevic did not retreat his army because of NATO's 77 days of bombing. His goal was to keep Kosovo within Serbian parallel structures. Once resolution was passed, he retreated but also managed (with other politicians) to hold on to North Kosovo whose area is 1200KM2 or 11%, where 96% of its population is Serbian whose religion is Christian.

After his fall from power in 2001, he was taken to The Netherlands to stand trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, but died after five years in prison before the case could reach a conclusion. He did not recognize the tribunal calling it an American/UN puppet court and said he was being tried for standing up to NATO expansion. Many accusations against him regarding Kosovo proved to be false. It was said by the UN tribunal that Milosevic, who had chronic heart problems and a high blood pressure, died of a heart attack.^[1]

1. ↑ "AP article on death of Milosevic". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2021-09-24.

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