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Josip Broz Tito Јосип Броз Тито | |
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| Born | 7 May 1892 Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungary |
| Died | 4 May 1980 Ljubljana, Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political orientation | Market socialism Titoism |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
Josip Broz Tito (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician. He did not support the Soviet Union and instead founded the Non-Aligned Movement.[1]
Early life
Tito was a trade unionist and fought in the First World War, Russian Civil War (with the Red Army), and Spanish Civil War (with the Republican Dimitrov Battalion).[1]
Second World War
After the Spanish Civil War, Tito returned to Yugoslavia and fought a guerrilla war against the fascists. In May 1945, he became the premier of the newly created Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Belgrade' (pp. 96–97). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]