Josip Broz Tito

7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980

Josip Broz Tito was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman who led the Partisan resistance during World War II and served as the leader of Yugoslavia from 1945 until his death in 1980. He built a distinctive nonaligned socialist state that broke with the Soviet Union in 1948 and helped found the Non-Aligned Movement.

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Born in Kumrovec, Austria-Hungary
7 May 1892

Born to a Croat father and Slovene mother in the village of Kumrovec.

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Captured on the Eastern Front in World War I
1915

Served in the Austro-Hungarian army and was taken prisoner by Russian forces.

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Became Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
1939

Rose to lead the Yugoslav communist movement in the late 1930s.

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Led the Yugoslav Partisan resistance in World War II
1941 – 1945

Commanded the Partisan movement against Axis occupation from 1941 to 1945.

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Became leader of postwar Yugoslavia
1945

Assumed power as head of the new socialist Yugoslav state after WWII.

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Split with the Soviet Union
1948

Broke with Stalin in the Tito-Stalin split, charting an independent socialist path.

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Co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement
1961

Helped establish the Non-Aligned Movement at the Belgrade Conference.

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Named President for Life of Yugoslavia
1974

Confirmed as president without term limit under the 1974 constitution.

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Died in Ljubljana
4 May 1980

Died at a clinic in Ljubljana just before his 88th birthday.

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