96 years ago today, January 6, 1929 (November 26, 1928 in the lunar calendar), Alexander became the dictator of Yugoslavia. January 6, 1929. In Yugoslavia, King Alexander dissolved Parliament and made himself the supreme ruler of the divided country. Alexander had never attempted to become a dictator, but he felt he had no choice but to seize power. The Allies established Yugoslavia at the Paris Peace Conference, but ignored the Serbian, Croatian and Slovenia peoples. The Croats established their own parliament in August last year, and since then the National Assembly has been in name. Therefore, Alexander must try to unify his country and guard against foreign invasion.