Dictator of the Month: June, 2006Dictator of the Month: June, 2006
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Biography
Born on 20 August 1941 in Pozarevach Died on 11 March 2006 in the Haag Slobodan Milosevich was President of Serbia and head of the Communist Party of Serbia between 1989-1997 and president of Yugoslavia from 1997-2000. He was the first president who was tried in a war tribunal for war crimes and genocide during his term of office. Life Milosevich is the second son of Svetozar Milosevic and Stanislava Milosevic. His parents originally hailed from Montenegro; both would end up committing suicide, his father in 1962 and his mother in 1974. Milosevich became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1959. He completed his studies in Law at Belgrade University in 1964. Between 1969 and 1974, he was the vice-director of Technogas before being promoted to General Director in 1974, a role he would stay in until 1978. He went on to become Director of the Bank of Belgrade between 1978 and 1983. In 1984 he became the leader of the Belgrade regional division of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia before becoming party secretary in 1989, and finally becoming elected President of Yugoslavia in 1990. He declared that his goal was to increase the dominance of Serbia in Yugoslavia or to perhaps create a greater Serbia under his own rule. One of his first actions as president was to nullify the right of autonomy to the area Kosovo and Voivodny in the framework of the "Anti-burocratic Revolution". In 1990 in the wake of increasing independence overtures of Slovenia and Croatia, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia dissolved. In July of this year, a fusion of the Serbian Communist groups would lead to Milosevic becoming the Chairman of the Serbian Socialist Party. War in Yugoslavia As president of Serbia, Milosevic supported right-wing extremist paramilitary and other activist groups in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina, causing tensions with those countries. This would occur with much military assistance given by Milosevic. This military aid would last during the entire time of the Negotiations after the break-up of Yugoslavia between 1991-1995. On 19 November 1995, Bosnian president Alija Izetbegovic, Croatian President Franjo Tudman and Milosevic signed the Dayton Accord. Voting Fraud In the general elections on 17 November 1996 it was evident that opposition parties had won many areas and cities of Serbia, including Belgrade. It is alleged that Milosevic's people would rig the election results in order for him to stay in power. Kosovo In the 1990's the area of Kosovo was one with bitter ethnic conflicts that were fed by Milosevic; these would take place mainly between the majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbians. After 1996, paramilitary Albanian organizations would begin to clash increasingly with Serbian police units. This was met with brutal reprisals against civilians, which would soon attract the attention of NATO to step in, after the multilateral negotiations in Rambouillet on 18 March 1999 would collapse. Between 08 June 1999 and 06 August more than 30,000 NATO air strikes would pound strategic targets, killing thousands in the military as well as civilians. On 10 June 1999, Milosevic pulled back his troops, and NATO stopped the air strikes. After long protests, Milosevic was driven from office on 05 October 2000 after having allegedly manipulated the elections of 24 September 2000 and declared himself victor. Vojislav Kostunica would take over as president. He would be arrested on 01 April 2001 for genocide and human rights abuses and extradited to eh Haag, Netherlands. He was found dead in his cell on 11 March 2006 in Scheveningen prison. Original article submitted to www.dictatorofthemonth.com
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