BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has died at the UN war crimes tribunal's detention center in The Hague, the UN tribunal confirmed on Saturday.

    The following is a profile of Milosevic:

    Milosevic, born on Aug. 20, 1941, took office in 1990 as the first president of Serbia and got his second term in 1992.

    He was elected president of the former Yugoslav in July 1997, and stepped down in 2000 after losing out to opposition party candidate in presidential election.

    In April 2001, Milosevic was arrested by Serbian police on several charges, including power abusing and complicity. He, then, was extradited to the UN tribunal in June for his role in the civil war of former Yugoslavia.

    Milosevic's trial, which began four years ago, was repeatedly adjourned because of the defendant's health problems, namely high blood pressure, a heart condition and fatigue.

    Milosevic had also complained that he suffered from head and ear aches.

    Milosevic, who refused to accept a lawyer, was defending himself against a total of 66 counts for crimes allegedly committed in the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo during Yugoslavia's breakup in the 1990s. Enditem