independence from the Yugoslav central authorities, a development which ended with the declaration of complete independence on 25 June 1991. Janša took advantage of the publicity from the trial to become a known political figure, serving as the defense minister of Slovenia in 1990, and from 2004 to 2008, 2012 to 2013 and once again from 2020 as prime minister of independent Slovenia. On 31 May 2013, a plaque commemorating the 25th anniversary of the event was unveiled on the building where the military court was held, in a ceremony attended by Janša, Tasić, and Zavrl. The plaque and the building were vandalized with graffiti a few days later. The plaque was stolen on 4 July 2013 and the building was again vandalized with graffiti. See also Aleksandar Vasiljević Kontraobaveštajna služba Sources James Gow, Legitimacy and the Military – The Yugoslav Crisis, (London: Pinter, 1992) James Gow & Cathie Carmichael, Slovenia and the Slovenes: A Small State and the New Europe, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001) Laura Silber & Alan Little, The Death of Yugoslavia, (London: Penguin, 1995) Sabrina Petra Ramet, "Slovenia's road to democracy" in Europe-Asia Studies, 1993, vol. 45, issue 5 References 1988 in Yugoslavia Slovenian Spring Military scandals Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Trials in Slovenia Political history of Slovenia 1988 in law Military of SFR Yugoslavia 1988 in Slovenia Political scandals in Yugoslavia Trials in Yugoslavia