Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina Srpska autonomna oblast Krajina Српска аутономна област Крајина | |||||||||
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| 1990–1991 | |||||||||
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 SAO Krajina (eastern purple area) within SR Croatia (red). | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state[1] | ||||||||
| Capital | Knin | ||||||||
| Government | Provisional government | ||||||||
• President | Milan Martić | ||||||||
| Historical era | Breakup of Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| 17 August 1990 | |||||||||
• Proclaimed autonomy from the government of Croatia | 21 December 1990 | ||||||||
• Declared itself the Republic of Serbian Krajina | 19 December 1991 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Croatia | ||||||||
The Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina (Serbo-Croatian: Srpska autonomna oblast Krajina / Српска аутономна област Крајина) or SAO Krajina (САО Крајина) was a self-proclaimed Serb Autonomous Region (oblast) within modern-day Croatia (then a part of Yugoslavia). The territory consisted of majority-Serbian municipalities of the Republic of Croatia that declared autonomy in October 1990. It was formed as the SAO Kninska Krajina (САО Книнска Крајина), but, upon inclusion of additional Serb-populated areas, changed its name simply to SAO Krajina. In 1991 the SAO Krajina declared itself the Republic of Serbian Krajina, and subsequently included the other two Serbian SAOs in Croatia, the SAO Western Slavonia and the SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia.
- ^ Prosecutor v. Milan Martić Judgement. p. 46. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Accessed 13 September 2009. (On 16 March 1991 another referendum was held which asked "Are you in favour of the SAO Krajina joining the Republic of Serbia and staying in Yugoslavia with Serbia, Montenegro and others who wish to preserve Yugoslavia?". With 99.8% voting in favour, the referendum was approved and the Krajina assembly declared that "the territory of the SAO Krajina is a constitutive part of the unified state territory of the Republic of Serbia".)