Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milošević; Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbiafrom 1989 to 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. Among his supporters, Milošević was known by the nickname of "Sloba". He also led the Socialist Party of Serbia from its foundation in 1990. He rose to power as Serbian President after he and his supporters claimed the need to reform...
NationalityYugoslavian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth20 August 1941
I am very aware that you will definitely not wish to testify in my favor. Neither do I expect this. I do expect you, however, to be willing to allow your testimony to contribute to the establishment of truth before an institution whose formation you supported.
I was happy to shoot Muslims (in the besieged Bosnian capital Sarajevo),
It is difficult to say today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or we survived in this slavery.
I am the moral winner, ... I am proud of everything I did for my people and my country, and everything I did was honest.
Since foreign military intervention or a war are out of the question, other means of destruction of Yugoslavia are being mentioned -- psychological, media and political pressures.
move military troops into areas along the border with Serbia.
No one has the right to beat you! No one will ever beat you again.
More time has been wasted by taking away my right to self-defense.
We wanted to save as many lives as possible ... Serb lives and Croat lives and Muslim lives.
Foreign forces will not dare attack us again, unless they try to come here with an invitation from our domestic enemies,
Nothing has changed, and the situation is very serious. ... We certainly don't agree,
It is the utmost necessity that this congress be a congress of unity.
It should be clear to all, after the past ten years, that NATO isn't attacking Serbia because of Milosevic; it is attacking Milosevic because of Serbia.
The war which is being conducted against this country is now being conducted with (Western) money.