| Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] , 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001. |
Mi·lo·še·vić  (mə-lō'sə-vĭch') Serbian politician who served as president of Serbia (1989-1997) and president of the Yugoslav federation of Serbia and Montenegro (1997-2000). Following the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia he promoted the idea of a Greater Serbia and supported Serbian militias in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. In 2002 a United Nations criminal tribunal charged Milošević with crimes against humanity and genocide, but he died before the trial ended. |
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