Former Serbian President Milutinovic dies

Milutinovic was a high-ranking official of Milosevic’s Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS – now headed by Dacic) and served as FR Yugoslavia’s ambassador to Greece and foreign minister. Milutinovic took part in the Rambouillet peace negotiations before the war in Kosovo. He was indicted by the Hague tribunal for war crimes committed in Kosovo during his term as President of Serbia. Milutinovic surrendered to the tribunal when he left office in 2003 and was acquitted of all charges in 2009.

“He held the most important posts at the hardest period of Serbia’s history,” Dacic said in the post.

Milutinovic was born in and spent his life in Belgrade. He graduated from Belgrade University’s Law School and held ranking posts in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia at several levels.