5th October Overthrow

Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević
Date	29 September — 5 October 2000 (6 days)
Location	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Caused by	International sanctions Yugoslav Wars Accusations of electoral fraud Media censorship Arrests of Otpor! activists
Goals	Removal of Slobodan Milošević Establishment of democracy Freedom of the media
Methods	Demonstrations, riot, civil disobedience, civil resistance
Resulted in	DOS victory; Slobodan Milošević resigns Vojislav Koštunica declared winner Withdrawal of international sanction FR Yugoslavia became member state of the United Nations DOS secured a supermajority after Serbian parliamentary election
Parties to the civil conflict
Serbian opposition Democratic Opposition of Serbia Otpor! Supported by: United States Yugoslav Government State Security Service Serbian Police
Lead figures
Vojislav Koštunica Zoran Đinđić Slobodan Milošević Momir Bulatović
Number
Hundreds of thousands Unknown number of police
Casualties
Death(s)	2 (non-violent)
Injuries	65

DOS victory;

Serbian opposition

Yugoslav Government

The overthrow of Slobodan Milošević (Serbo-Croatian: Петооктобарска револуција, Petooktobarska revolucija, The October 5 Revolution) occurred on 5 October 2000, in Belgrade, in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, following the presidential election on September 24th, and culminating in the downfall of Slobodan Milošević's government on 5 October 2000. It is sometimes referred to as the 5 October Overthrow and sometimes colloquially called the Bager revolucija, translated into English as Bulldozer Revolution, after one of the most memorable episodes from the day-long protest in which an engineering vehicle operator Ljubisav Đokić fired up his engine (which was actually neither bulldozer nor bager (excavator), but a wheel loader), and used it to charge the RTS building, which was considered to be symbolic of the Milošević regime's propaganda.

Milošević's overthrow was reported as a spontaneous revolution. However, there had been a year-long battle involving thousands of Serbs in a strategy to strip the leader of his legitimacy, turn his security forces against him, and force him to call for elections, the result of which he would not acknowledge.