Slobodan Milošević | |
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Milošević at the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995
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3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
In office 23 July 1997 – 7 October 2000 |
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Prime Minister |
Radoje Kontić Momir Bulatović |
Preceded by |
Zoran Lilić Srđa Božović (acting) |
Succeeded by | Vojislav Koštunica |
1st President of the Republic of Serbia | |
In office 11 January 1991 – 23 July 1997 |
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Prime Minister |
Dragutin Zelenović Radoman Božović Nikola Šainović Mirko Marjanović |
Preceded by | Position established |
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 |
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Prime Minister | Desimir Jeftić Stanko Radmilović |
Preceded by |
Petar Gračanin Ljubiša Igić (acting) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
11th President of the League of Communists of Serbia | |
In office 15 May 1986 – 8 May 1989 |
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Prime Minister | Desimir Jeftić Stanko Radmilović |
Preceded by | Ivan Stambolić |
Succeeded by | Bogdan Trifunović |
Personal details | |
Born |
Požarevac, German-occupied Serbia |
20 August 1941
Died | 11 March 2006 The Hague, Netherlands |
(aged 64)
Resting place | Požarevac, Serbia |
Nationality | Serbian |
Political party |
League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1959–1990) Socialist Party of Serbia (1990–2006) |
Spouse(s) | Mirjana Marković (m. 1971; his death 2006) |
Children |
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Relatives |
Borislav Milošević (brother) Milisav Koljenšić (uncle) |
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 (pronounced [slobǒdan milǒːʃeʋitɕ] ( listen); Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician and the President of Serbia (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1989 to 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He also led the Socialist Party of Serbia from its foundation in 1990. He rose to power as Serbian President after he and his supporters claimed the need to reform the 1974 Constitution of Yugoslavia due to both the marginalization of Serbia and its political incapacity to deter Albanian separatist unrest in the province of Kosovo.