Slobodan Milošević
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Slobodan Milošević 
listen ? (Serbian: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced [sloˈbodan miˈloʃevitɕ]; August 20, 1941 – March 11, 2006) was a Serbian, Yugoslav leader. He was President of Serbia from 1989 to 1997 and then President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He was the leader of Serbia's ruling Socialist Party. He was a leader in the Yugoslav Wars and became the first head of state who was charged for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The term "ethnic cleansing" was used for his government's actions. After his fall from power, he was taken to The Netherlands to stand trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, but died after five years in prison before the case could reach a conclusion. It was said by the UN tribunal that Milosevic, who had chronic heart problems and a high blood pressure, died of natural causes.[1]
