Slobodan Milošević: Difference between revisions
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|fullname = Slobodan Milošević | |fullname = Slobodan Milošević | ||
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|occupation = President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1997 - 2000)<br>President of Serbia (1991 - 1997) | |occupation = President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1997 - 2000)<br>President of Serbia (1991 - 1997) | ||
|origin = Požarevac, Nazi German-occupied Serbia | |origin = Požarevac, Nazi German-occupied Serbia | ||
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{{Quote|We know how to handle these murderers, these rapists, these criminals. We've done this before … in Drenica in 1946. We killed them. We killed them all. Of course we did not do it all at once. It took some time.|Slobodan Milošević}} | {{Quote|We know how to handle these murderers, these rapists, these criminals. We've done this before … in Drenica in 1946. We killed them. We killed them all. Of course we did not do it all at once. It took some time.|Slobodan Milošević}} | ||
'''Slobodan Milošević''' (20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav politician who served as 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. Originally a communist and a member of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]], he later renounced communism and embraced Serbian nationalism. His government caused one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the 20th century. He has been described as a "modern day Hitler" by many scholars and journalists. | '''Slobodan Milošević''' (20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav politician who served as 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. Originally a communist and a member of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]], he later renounced communism and embraced Serbian nationalism. His government caused one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the 20th century. He has been described as a "modern day Hitler" by many scholars and journalists. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||