Josip Broz Tito
Historical Figure

Josip Broz Tito

Leader of Yugoslavia from 1943 to 1980

About Josip Broz Tito

Josip 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 was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. The political ideology and policies associated with his rule are known as Titoism.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Partition1991 CE – 2008 CE

Dissolution of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia broke apart into seven successor states following the end of the Cold War, accompanied by brutal ethnic wars in Croatia (1991-95), Bosnia (1992-95), and Kosovo (1998-99).