Serbia, 2000 — forced resignation
Event Summary
In early October 2000 Slobodan Milosevic was driven from power in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after refusing to accept defeat in the 24 September presidential election won by opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica. The regime's election commission claimed Kostunica had fallen just short of a first round majority and called a runoff, prompting the Democratic Opposition of Serbia and the youth movement Otpor to organize strikes and mass protests. A strike at the Kolubara coal mines from 29 September paralyzed the country, and on 5 October several hundred thousand people converged on Belgrade, stormed the federal parliament, and set the state broadcaster ablaze after a heavy equipment operator rammed the building, giving the events the popular name the Bulldozer Revolution.
Police did not mount a large crackdown and many joined the crowds. Milosevic conceded on 6 October and Kostunica was inaugurated on 7 October. Milosevic did not leave the country; he remained in Serbia until Serbian police arrested him in Belgrade on 1 April 2001, and he was transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague in June 2001, where he died in custody in 2006.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
34010072000
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: President Slobodan Milosevic, forced to concede and leave office; remained in Serbia until his 2001 arrest and transfer to The Hague.
Baseline coding: Incumbent executive removed from power. Recorded leader fate: deposed; fled the country. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Wikipedia
New York Times
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →