Bosnia and Herzegovina Recent History
Declaration of Independence Night Tito’s death, conditions in the country worsened and the problematic economic situation led to increasing dissatisfaction among the population. The new government violently suppressed all democratic movements, for example the student uprising in Kosovo in 1981. The nationalists received stronger support from the population. In 1987 Slobodan Milošević was appointed chairman of the Serbian Communist Party. He immediately began to develop the supremacy of the Serbs, which was viewed critically by the other republics. When there…