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Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socijalistička Federativna Republika Jugoslavija
Социјалистичка Федеративна Република Југославија
Socialistična federativna republika
Jugoslavija
1945–1992
Flag Emblem
Motto
Bratstvo i jedinstvo
"Brotherhood and unity"
Anthem
Hej, Slaveni
Хеј, Словени
"Hey, Slavs"
Yugoslavia in 1989
Capital Belgrade
Languages Serbo-Croatian
Slovene
Macedonian
Albanian
Demonym Yugoslav
Government Federal one-party socialist republic
President
 •  1945–1953 Ivan Ribar (first)
 •  1953–1980 Josip Broz Tito
 •  1991 Stjepan Mesić (last)
Prime Minister
 •  1945–1963 Josip Broz Tito (first)
 •  1989–1991 Ante Marković (last)
General Secretary
 •  1945–1980 Josip Broz Tito (first)
 •  1989–1990 Milan Pančevski (last)
Legislature Federal Assembly
 •  Upper house Chamber of Republics
 •  Lower house Federal Chamber
Historical era Cold War
 •  AVNOJ 26 November 1942
 •  Proclamation 29 November 1945
 •  Constitution adopted 31 January 1946
 •  Balkan Pact signed 28 February 1953
 •  Death of Josip Broz Tito 4 May 1980
 •  Disintegration 27 April 1992
Area
 •  1991 255,804 km2 (98,766 sq mi)
Population
 •  1991 est. 23,229,846 
     Density 91/km2 (235/sq mi)
Currency Yugoslav dinar
Internet TLD .yu
Calling code +38
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Free Territory of Trieste
Croatia
Slovenia
Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
FR Yugoslavia
a. ^ Full name in the Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian languages, written in the Latin alphabet (see Name section for details).
b. ^ Full name in Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian, written in Cyrillic.
c. ^ Full name in the Slovene language (Slovene uses Latin only).
d. ^ There was no de jure official language at the federal level, but Serbo-Croatian was de facto official. It was also legally the official language in the federal republics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
e. ^ Official in Slovenia.
f. ^ Official in Macedonia.
g. ^ Albanian was widely spoken by ethnic Kosovars in the Albanian-majority SAP Kosovo of SR Serbia. It was never made official but it was protected under the 1974 constitution.

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia or SFRY) was the Yugoslav state in southeastern Europe that existed from its foundation in the aftermath of World War II until its dissolution in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. Covering an area of 255,804 km² (98,766 sq mi), the SFRY was bordered by Italy to the west, Austria and Hungary to the north, Bulgaria and Romania to the east and Albania and Greece to the south.

It was a socialist state and a federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia with Belgrade as its capital. In addition, it included two autonomous provinces within Serbia: Kosovo and Vojvodina.


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