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Slobodan Milošević

1941–2006 · 20th century

Slobodan Milošević was a Serbian politician who rose through the League of Communists to become president of Serbia from 1989 and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. His Serbian nationalist policies contributed to the break-up of Yugoslavia and the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. Ousted in 2000, he was handed to the Hague tribunal for war crimes and died in custody before a verdict.

Slobodan Milošević
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia

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