Part of the Ottoman Empire until 1918; part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1918-1929; part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1929-1944; part of the Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1944-1946; part of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia 1946-1963; part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1963-1992; part of the Republic of Yugoslavia 1992-1999; transitional United Nations Administration 1999-2008; Republic of Kosovo 2008 =>