Milošević played a major role in the Yugoslav Wars and became the first sitting head of state charged with war crimes. [1] Born in Požarevac, he studied law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law …

Jan 23, 2026 · From 1997 to 2000 he served as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Milošević was born in Serbia of Montenegrin parents and joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia …

On 24 May 1999, when the Tribunal indicted Slobodan Milošević, at the time the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, for crimes in Kosovo he was the first sitting head of state to be …

Slobodan Milosevic was the president of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, known for his involvement in war crimes and efforts to create a Greater Serbia.

The indictment of Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Yugoslavia, was a seminal moment in legal history. But prosecuting war crimes remains a steep climb. By Dan Bilefsky and Marlise Simons

Mar 11, 2006 · Milosevic pursued nationalist policies involving strong ethnic prejudice. He was the first sitting head of state in history to be charged by an international tribunal for alleged war crimes …

Slobodan Milošević was the President of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 and then the President of Yugoslavia from 1997 until 2000. He was an important figure in the Bosnian War of the 1990s and …

Slobodan Milosevic was president of Serbia (a republic, or member state, of Yugoslavia) from 1989 to 1997 and president of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. In 2001 he was sent to stand trial at the …

Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslav...

Slobodan Milosevic was a Serbian politician who served as the President of Serbia and later the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the tumultuous period following the end of the Cold War.