page_title: Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević
section_title: Protests and the overthrow
hierarchical_section_title: Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević / Protests and the overthrow
caption_attribution_description: Српски / srpski: Мапа дешавања приликом демонстрација у Београду, 5. октобра 2000. године. RTS - Радио-телевизија Србије P - ОУП Стари град, опљачкано за време демонстрација English: Map of protests of 5 October 2000, in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia. Savezna skupština SRJ - Federal Assembly of FRY RTS - Radio Television of Serbia P - Local police station, raided during the protests Skupština grada Beograda - Belgrade City Hall
context_page_description: The overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, began after the presidential election on 24 September and culminated in the downfall of Slobodan Milošević's government on 5 October 2000. It is sometimes referred to as the 5 October Overthrow and sometimes colloquially called the Bager revolucija, translated into English as Bulldozer Revolution, after one of the most memorable episodes from the day-long protest in which an engineering vehicle operator charged the Radio Television of Serbia building, considered to be symbolic of the Milošević regime's propaganda.
context_section_description: The protest initially started with strikers at the Kolubara mines on 29 September, which produced most of Serbia's electricity. The protest reached its height on 5 October 2000. Several hundred thousand protesters from all over Serbia arrived in Belgrade to protest, chanting "He's finished!  He's finished!" Unlike previous protests, there was no large scale police crackdown. The parliament was partially burned during the protests.
  The protest is frequently named the "Bulldozer Revolution" after one of the most memorable episodes from the day-long protest in which an engineering vehicle operator Ljubisav Đokić nicknamed Joe fired up his engine (actually neither an excavator nor bulldozer but a wheel loader, the event name is inaccurate out of convenience) and used it to charge a Belgrade building. Its tenant, Serbian state television RTS, had for a decade been a symbol and bastion of Milošević's rule. When their studios were taken over, the station was quickly renamed Novi RTS ("New RTS") as a sign that the regime had lost power.
  Although the protest was mostly peaceful, without a larger escalation of violence, two people died. Jasmina Jovanović fell under a wheel loader or, according to other sources, a truck, and Momčilo Stakić succumbed to a fatal heart attack. 65 persons were injured in the riots.
  In the time between elections and the protest, Milošević said that he would gladly resign but only when his term expired in June 2001. Due to pressure caused by the protests, Milošević resigned on 7 October 2000.
caption: Map of significant buildings during the protests
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