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Slobodan Milošević

1941 - 2006

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Slobodan Milošević (20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 until his overthrow in 2000. Milošević played a major role in the Yugoslav Wars and became the first sitting head of state charged with war crimes. Born in Požarevac, he studied law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law during which he joined the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia. From the 1960s, he was advisor to the mayor of Belgrade, and in the 1970s he was a chairman of large companies as the protégé of Serbian leader Ivan Stambolić. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Slobodan Milošević is the 276th most popular politician (up from 303rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Serbia (up from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Politician.

Slobodan Milošević is most famous for leading the Yugoslavian wars in the 1990s. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2006.

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Among politicians, Slobodan Milošević ranks 276 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul von Hindenburg, Mehmed I, Elagabalus, Olav V of Norway, Edward the Martyr, and Lucius Verus. After him are Pratibha Patil, Augusto Pinochet, Louis Philippe I, Reinhard Heydrich, Charles I of Austria, and Darius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Slobodan Milošević ranks 5. Before him are Kim Jong-il, Joan Baez, Hayao Miyazaki, and Bob Dylan. After him are Alex Ferguson, Plácido Domingo, Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Cesária Évora, and Riccardo Muti. Among people deceased in 2006, Slobodan Milošević ranks 4. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Ferenc Puskás, and Saparmurat Niyazov. After him are Augusto Pinochet, Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Davis Jr., Gerald Ford, Stanisław Lem, Milton Friedman, Alfredo Stroessner, and Owen Chamberlain.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Slobodan Milošević ranks 3 out of 661. Before him are Constantine the Great (272), and Jerome (345). After him are Romulus Augustulus (460), Marina Abramović (1946), Probus (232), Odoacer (433), Maximinus II (270), Decius (201), Aurelian (214), Galerius (250), and Licinius (263).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Slobodan Milošević ranks 2. Before him are Constantine the Great (272). After him are Probus (232), Odoacer (433), Maximinus II (270), Decius (201), Aurelian (214), Galerius (250), Licinius (263), Constantius Chlorus (250), Constantius II (317), and Maximian (240).

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