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'''Slobodan Milošević''' (20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav politician who served as the democratically elected<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=[[Michael Parenti]]|year=2000|title=To Kill a Nation|chapter=Multiculturalism in Yugoslavia|page=177–183|pdf=https://leftychan.net/edu/src/1614706295182-3.pdf|publisher=Verso|quote=Milosevic, even the ''[[New York Times]]'' acknowledged, 'won elections that outside observers said were more or less fair.' At the end of 1999, he presided over a coalition government that included four parties, and faced several opposition parties in parliament.}}</ref> President of Serbia from 1991 to 1997 and President of [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]] from 1997 to 2000. In 1989, he repealed the 1974 constitution in response to ethnic cleansing against Serbs in [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|Kosovo]], preventing Kosovo from vetoing federal laws.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Michael Parenti]]|year=2000|title=To Kill a Nation|chapter=On to Kosovo|page=97–98|pdf=https://leftychan.net/edu/src/1614706295182-3.pdf|publisher=Verso}}</ref> He tried to appease [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] at the 1995 Dayton Accords but later took a strong stance against [[imperialism]]. | '''Slobodan Milošević''' (20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav politician who served as the democratically elected<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=[[Michael Parenti]]|year=2000|title=To Kill a Nation|chapter=Multiculturalism in Yugoslavia|page=177–183|pdf=https://leftychan.net/edu/src/1614706295182-3.pdf|publisher=Verso|quote=Milosevic, even the ''[[New York Times]]'' acknowledged, 'won elections that outside observers said were more or less fair.' At the end of 1999, he presided over a coalition government that included four parties, and faced several opposition parties in parliament.}}</ref> President of Serbia from 1991 to 1997 and President of [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]] from 1997 to 2000. In 1989, he repealed the 1974 constitution in response to ethnic cleansing against Serbs in [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|Kosovo]], preventing Kosovo from vetoing federal laws.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Michael Parenti]]|year=2000|title=To Kill a Nation|chapter=On to Kosovo|page=97–98|pdf=https://leftychan.net/edu/src/1614706295182-3.pdf|publisher=Verso}}</ref> He tried to appease [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] at the 1995 Dayton Accords but later took a strong stance against [[imperialism]]. | ||
After completing two terms as President of Serbia, Milošević ran for President of Yugoslavia. He allowed [[freedom of speech]] for his political opponents and had opposition parties in his government.<ref name=":02" /> | |||
After completing two terms as President of Serbia | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Former heads of state]] | [[Category:Former heads of state]] | ||
[[Category:People targeted by regime change operations]] | [[Category:People targeted by regime change operations]] | ||