Slobodan Milosevic Biography

Serb forces capture parts of Slavonia from Croatia

The 1st example of "ethnic cleansing". Serbia captures Vukovar leaving 15,000 dead and half a million refugees

Bosnias Muslims and Croats vote for independence in referendum boycotted by Serbs

Bosnias Muslims and Croats vote for independence in referendum boycotted by Serbs

Bosnias Muslims and Croats vote for independence in referendum boycotted by Serbs

War breaks out between the Bosnian Government and local Serbs, who start 1992-1995 siege of capital Sarajevo

War breaks out between the Bosnian Government and local Serbs, who start 1992-1995 siege of capital Sarajevo

War breaks out between the Bosnian Government and local Serbs, who start 1992-1995 siege of capital Sarajevo

Yugoslav tanks fail to crush Slovenian independence, fighting begins in Croatia between Croats and ethnic Serbs

Yugoslav tanks fail to crush Slovenian independence, fighting begins in Croatia between Croats and ethnic Serbs

Opposes the secession of Croatia and Slovenia from Yugoslavia.

Croatia and Slovenia proclaim independence

Croatia and Slovenia proclaim independence

Opposes the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Serb and Yugoslav forces besiege Vukovar.

Local Serb leaders proclaim a new republic separate from Bosnia. In Bosnia, the most ethnically mixed Yugoslav republic, the Serb minority holds an unofficial referendum opposing separation from Yugoslavia

Local Serb leaders proclaim a new republic separate from Bosnia. In Bosnia, the most ethnically mixed Yugoslav republic, the Serb minority holds an unofficial referendum opposing separation from Yugoslavia

In Bosnia, the most ethnically mixed Yugoslav republic, the Serb minority holds an unofficial referendum opposing separation from Yugoslavia

Rebel Serbs declare independence in the Krajina region which makes up almost a third of Croatia

Rebel Serbs declare independence in the Krajina region which makes up almost a third of Croatia

UN forces enter Croatia and fighting subsides

UN forces enter Croatia and fighting subsides

Accepts the ceasefire framework intended to halt fighting in Croatia.

Faces international peacekeeping deployment amid the Yugoslav conflicts.

Sarajevo is besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days) during the Bosnian War

When Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia after the Bosnian independence referendum the Bosnian Serbs encircle Sarajevo with a force of 13,000

Faces widening conflict after Bosnia and Herzegovina gains recognition.

A total of 13,952 people are killed during the siege, including 5,434 civilians

Serbs blockade Sarajevo

Faces comprehensive international sanctions during the Yugoslav wars.

Bosnian peace efforts fail, war breaks out between Muslims and Croats, previously allied against Serbs

Bosnian peace efforts fail, war breaks out between Muslims and Croats, previously allied against Serbs

In Eastern Bosnia, Bosnian Serbs besiege the town of Srebrenica

Srebrenica is declared a UN "Safe Area"

Two major thrusts by Croatian forces recover most of the Serb-held territory and 150,000 Serbs flee to Serbia

NATO bombers strike at Serbian ammunition dumps the Serbs take nearly 200 members of the United Nations peacekeeping force hostage for more than 2 weeks

Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo. NATO bombers strike at Serbian ammunition dumps the Serbs take nearly 200 members of the United Nations peacekeeping force hostage for more than 2 weeks

NATO initiates Operation Deny Flight tasked with enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia

The start of Operation Sharp Guard, a naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea by NATO and the European Union

More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre

More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre

The Drina Battalion of Bosnian Serbs overruns the UN-protected "safe area" of Srebrenica

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

A sustained air campaign conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), in concert with the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) ground operations, to undermine the military capability of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS)

Operation Deliberate Force is carried out between 30 August and 20 September 1995, involving 400 aircraft and 5,000 personnel from 15 nations

The Army of Republika Srpska attacks UN-designated "safe areas" in Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the Srebrenica and Markale massacres, precipitating direct intervention by NATO

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

Receives refugees as Croatian forces overrun Serb-held Krajina.

Croatian forces invade the Serbian-held territory of Krajina seized by the Serbs in 1990

Croatia retakes Krajina, and force 150,000 Serb refugees to flee, heightening fears that the conflict will spread

NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history

NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history

Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo

A new cease-fire takes effect, electricity is restored in Sarajevo, the three major participants (Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia) initial a US ceasefire

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

Initials the peace agreement while representing Serbian and Bosnian Serb interests.

Following NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, Milosevic joins the Presidents of Bosnia and Croatia in a peace agreement at the US sponsored talks at Dayton, Ohio

Held in the shadow of the massacre in the Srebrenica safe zone, and the indictments against the main military and Government leaders of Bosnian Serbs before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic with Bosnian Foreign Minis.

The war is ended by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December

The Dayton Accords provide for a virtual partitioning of Bosnia and the deployment of a multinational implementation force (IFOR) to keep the warring factions apart and protect war-crimes investigators

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December

A US peace accord is agreed at Paris and signed outside Dayton, Ohio, ending 43 months of savage, genocidal warfare in which 250,000 had died and nearly 2 million lost their homes

The Dayton Accords provide for a virtual partitioning of Bosnia and the deployment of a multinational implementation force (IFOR) to keep the warring factions apart and protect war-crimes investigators. The Dayton accords are signed in Paris.

The Dayton accords put an end to the three and a half year long war in Bosnia, one of the armed conflicts in the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton.

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia.

The General Framework Agreement for Peace is signed

The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions

The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions

Orders Serbian security operations as the Kosovo conflict escalates.

Leads Yugoslavia during the opening of the NATO air campaign.