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Slobodan Milosevic

Slobodan Milosevic. Brooke and Paige. Serbia before Milosevic…. Before Slobodan Milosevic was elected a president, Josip Broz Tito, was the leader of Yugoslavia After Tito’s death in 1980, the states of Croatia and Slovenia started to fight to become self-governing countries

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Slobodan Milosevic

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  1. Slobodan Milosevic Brooke and Paige

  2. Serbia before Milosevic… • Before Slobodan Milosevic was elected a president, Josip Broz Tito, was the leader of Yugoslavia • After Tito’s death in 1980, the states of Croatia and Slovenia started to fight to become self-governing countries • However, Serbia was the political power and did not want change • This created many riots and destruction • Serbians reported that they were treated unfairly and did not like the number of Albanians living in their area

  3. Events leading up to Milosevic’s rule… 1974- Changes to the Yugoslav constitution allow the Serbian provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina to become independent 1984- Milosevic enters politics becoming the leader of the local Belgrade Communist Party 1986- Milosevic is elected leader of the League of Communists of Serbia and pursues his Serbian nationalist agenda 1987- Makes an iconic speech in Kosovo and overnight becomes a spokesman for Serbs across the federation 1988- Organizes rallies and uses media to promote ideas. He replaces the leaders in Kosovo and Vojvodina with his own supporters 1989- Becomes leader of Serbia

  4. Serbia under Milosevic… • Influenced media. • Bosnia genocide 1992-1995, instigated by Milosevic • NATO bombing • Albanian autonomy • Kosovo conflict

  5. Fall of power… • On July 27,2000, the authorities announced that an early election was to be held on September 24 • An anti-regime youth movement led the campaign to end the regime and bring about a more democratic one • Opposition parties in Serbia formed the Democratic Opposition of Serbia in coalition with Vojislav Kostunica as the candidate to confront Milosevic • The vote took place on September 24 but the votes were tampered with • The results were declared false immediately after Milosevic was overthrown and the new results declared shortly afterwards, thus making Kostunica the winner of the election • The downfall of Slobodan Milosevic’s regime happened on exactly October 5, 2000 • Milosevic was then charged with crimes against humanity and sent to prison

  6. Bibliography • http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/03-04/baker-mch-3-04/slobodan_milosevic.htm • http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/milosevic.html • www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/bosnia.htm • www.moreofless.au.com/killers/milosevic.html

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