Slobodan Milosevic became president of
Serbia under the communist government of the former
Yugoslavia. After the collapse of
communism in
Europe he reestablished himself as a Serb nationalist. He led the Serbs as they fought civil wars in
Croatia in 1991, Bosnia
? from 1992 to 1995, and
Kosovo in 1999. He lost power in 2000 and was later handed over to the
ICTY by the new government.
He has been charged with genocide in Bosnia and war crimes in Croatia and Kosovo and is expected to stand trial in The Hague starting in February 2002.
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