Question: Facts: - party: skj -- 2006 -rrb- -lrb- 1959 -- 1990 -rrb- sps -lrb- 1990 - predecessor: zoran acting -rrb- lilic office created petar gracanin ljubisa igic -lrb- - birth date: 20 august 1941 - caption: milosevic in 1996 - order: 3rd 14th president of the presidency of the socialist republic of president serbia of the federal republic of yugoslavia 1st - death date: 11 march 2006 - spouse: mirjana markovic - office: president of serbia - term end: 7 term a october 2000 23 july 1997 11 january 1991 - death place: the hague , netherlands - birth place: pozarevac , kingdom of yugoslavia - signature: slobodan milosevic signature.png - successor: vojislav office abolished kostunica dragan tomic -lrb- acting -rrb- milan milutinovic - primeminister: radoje Sainovic mirko marjanovic desimir jevtic stanko radmilovic kontic momir bulatovic dragutin zelenovic radoman bozovic nikola - nationality: serbian - alma mater: university of belgrade faculty of law - children: marko and marija - term start: 23 may 1989 july 1997 11 january 1991 term a 8 - image: milosevic-lopez cropped.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of slobodan milosevic .
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slobodan milosevic -lrb- ; ; 20 august 1941 -- 11 march 2006 -rrb- was a serbian and yugoslav politician who was the president of serbia -lrb- originally the socialist republic of serbia , a constituent republic within the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia -rrb- from 1989 to 1997 and president of the federal republic of yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000 .among his supporters , milosevic 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 need to reform the 1974 constitution of yugoslavia due to alleged marginalization of serbia and political incapacity for serbia to deter albanian separatist unrest in the province of kosovo .his presidency of serbia and the federal republic of yugoslavia was marked by several major reforms to serbia 's constitution in the 1980s to the 1990s that reduced the powers of the autonomous provinces in serbia and in 1990 transitioned serbia from a marxist-leninist single-party system to a multi-party system , attempted reforms to the 1974 constitution of yugoslavia , the breakup of yugoslavia and the outbreak of the subsequent yugoslav wars , the founding of the federal republic of yugoslavia by the former sfry republics of serbia and montenegro , negotiating the dayton agreement on behalf of the bosnian serbs that ended the bosnian war in 1995 , and his overthrow in 2000 .in the midst of the nato bombing of yugoslavia in 1999 , milosevic was charged by the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia -lrb- icty -rrb- with war crimes including genocide and crimes against humanity in connection to the wars in bosnia , croatia , and kosovo .milosevic resigned the yugoslav presidency amid demonstrations , following the disputed presidential election of 24 september 2000 .he was arrested by yugoslav federal authorities on 31 march 2001 on suspicion of corruption , abuse of power , and embezzlement .the initial investigation into...