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Josip Broz Tito
1892 – 1980
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJosip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1943 to 1963 and as president from 1953 until his death in 1980. He was the longtime leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II, and one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. The political ideology and policies associated with his rule are known as Titoism.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
May 7, 1892
Kumrovec
Date of death
May 4, 1980
Ljubljana
Citizenship
Hungary · Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes · Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Occupations & fields
politicianmachinistresistance fighterEsperantistrevolutionarylocksmith
Awards & honours
Order of the People's LiberationOrder of Freedom (Yugoslavia)Order of VictoryGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourMedal of Victory and Freedom 1945Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour
- Field and occupation
- juhoslovanský politik
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