Federal State of Croatia
| Socialist Republic of Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
| Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska | ||||||||||||||||
| Constituent republic of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
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Anthem Lijepa naša domovino Our Beautiful Homeland |
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 Location of Croatia in Yugoslavia
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| Capital |
Zagreb (since 8 May 1945) Šibenik (1 January 1945 - 7 May 1945) |
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| Languages | Croatian or Serbian | |||||||||||||||
| Government | Socialist republic | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1945–1953 | Vladimir Bakarić (first) | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1991 | Franjo Gregurić (last) | ||||||||||||||
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| • | 1943–1944 | Andrija Hebrang (first) | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1989–1990 | Ivica Račan (last) | ||||||||||||||
| President | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1943–1949 | Vladimir Nazor (first) | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1990–1991 | Franjo Tuđman (last) | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Sabor | |||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | |||||||||||||||
| • | ZAVNOH | 13 and 14 June 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| • | End of World War II | 8 May 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Croatian Spring | 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Independence referendum | 19 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Independence declared | 25 June 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| • | War of Independence | Mar 1991–Nov 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1991 | 56,594 km² (21,851 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1991 est. | 4,784,265 | ||||||||||||||
| Density | 84.5 /km² (218.9 /sq mi) | |||||||||||||||
| Currency | Yugoslav dinar | |||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Croatia
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| a. | ^ Referred to in the 1974 constitution as Croatian or Serbian. | |||||||||||||||
The Socialist Republic of Croatia (often abbreviated SR Croatia; Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, SR Hrvatska) was a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. By its constitution, modern-day Croatia is its direct continuation. Along with five other Yugoslav republics, it was formed during World War II and became a socialist republic after the war. It had four full official names during its 48-year existence (see below). By territory and population, it was the second largest republic in Yugoslavia, after the Socialist Republic of Serbia.
In 1990, the government dismantled the communist single-party system of government and adopted a multi-party democracy. The newly elected government of Franjo Tuđman moved the republic towards independence, formally seceding from Yugoslavia in 1991 and thereby contributing to its dissolution.
Croatia became part of the Yugoslav federation in 1943 after the Second Session of the AVNOJ and through the resolutions of the ZAVNOH, Croatia's wartime deliberative body. It was officially founded as the Federal State of Croatia (Croatian: Federalna Država Hrvatska, FD Hrvatska) on May 9, 1944, at the 3rd session of the ZAVNOH. Yugoslavia was then called the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija, DFJ), it was not a constitutionally socialist state, or even a republic, in anticipation of the conclusion of the war, when these issues were settled. On November 29, 1945, the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia became the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavija, FNRJ), a socialist People's Republic. Accordingly, the Federal State of Croatia became People's Republic of Croatia (Narodna Republika Hrvatska, NR Hrvatska).
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