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Questions about Slobodan Milošević

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What was Slobodan Milošević charged with at the ICTY?

Milošević was charged with genocide, complicity in genocide, deportation, murder, torture, persecutions on political or religious grounds, unlawful attacks on civilians, and destruction of cultural monuments, among other counts. The charges covered crimes allegedly committed in Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was indicted on the 24th of May 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

How did Slobodan Milošević die?

Milošević was found dead in his prison cell at the ICTY detention centre in the Scheveningen district of The Hague on the 11th of March 2006. Autopsies confirmed he died of a heart attack. The tribunal stated he had refused to take prescribed medications for his cardiac conditions and had medicated himself instead.

What happened at Kosovo Polje in April 1987 that boosted Milošević's rise to power?

On the 24th of April 1987, a crowd of 15,000 Serbs and Montenegrins clashed with Kosovo-Albanian police outside a cultural hall in Kosovo Polje. Milošević was sent outside and, captured on videotape, told the crowd: "No one is allowed to beat you." Serbian television broadcast the video that evening, making Milošević a symbol of solidarity with Kosovo Serbs and accelerating his ascent within the League of Communists of Serbia.

What was the anti-bureaucratic revolution led by Milošević?

Between July 1988 and March 1989, mass demonstrations took place in Vojvodina and Montenegro, resulting in the resignation of both provincial and republican governments and their replacement with leaderships aligned with Milošević. An estimated 100,000 demonstrators rallied in Novi Sad on the 6th of October 1988, and 50,000 gathered in Titograd on the 10th of January 1989. After the upheaval, Milošević's supporters controlled four of the eight republics and autonomous provinces in the Yugoslav federation.

What was Serbia's hyperinflation rate during Milošević's rule?

Serbia's hyperinflation reached 313 million percent in January 1994 under war-related monetary policies of the National Bank of Yugoslavia. World Bank economist Dragoslav Avramović was appointed governor of the National Bank in March 1994 and ended the hyperinflation by pegging the Yugoslav dinar to the Deutsche Mark at a 1:1 parity.

How was Slobodan Milošević removed from power in 2000?

Milošević was defeated in the first round of the presidential election held on the 24th of September 2000 by opposition leader Vojislav Koštunica, who won slightly more than 50 percent of the vote. After Milošević refused to concede, mass demonstrations on the 5th of October 2000, known as the Bulldozer Revolution, forced him to accept defeat the following day. He was subsequently arrested on the 1st of April 2001 following a 36-hour standoff at his Belgrade villa.