Milan Milutinovic was born on 19 December 1942 in Belgrade, Serbia. He has held numerous high level government posts within Serbia and the FRY including President of Serbia to which he was elected on 21 December 1997. He held this post until 29 December 2002.
The Indictment, Milosevic and others "Kosovo" (IT-99-37), alleges that Milan Milutinovic, was a member of a joint criminal enterprise to expel a substantial portion of the Kosovo Albanian population from the province of Kosovo in an effort to ensure continued Serbian control over the province.
As President of Serbia, Milan Milutinovic was a member of the Supreme Defence Council of the FRY and participated in decisions regarding the use of the Yugoslav Army (VJ). In addition to the powers that these positions afforded him, Milan Milutinovic also exercised de facto influence or control over numerous institutions essential to, or involved in, the conduct of the crimes alleged in the Indictment. He also exercised control over functions and institutions normally under the competence of the Government of Serbia and the Assembly of Serbia and its autonomous provinces.
Milan Milutinovic was a representative of the FRY and a principal negotiator at conferences and international negotiations including the preliminary negotiations for a ceasefire in Bosnia and Herzegovina in August and September 1995, negotiations to end NATO bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina in September 1995, the Dayton peace negotiations in November 1995 and the negotions at Rambouillet in February 1999.
