1974 Yugoslav Constitution
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The 1974 Yugoslav Constitution was the fourth and final communist state constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It came into effect on 21 February 1974.
The 1974 Constitution
Josip Broz Tito uniform portrait
Josip Broz Tito
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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
1974 Yugoslav Constitution
…the federal units, and that the federation had only the authority specifically transferred to it by the constitution. The constitution also proclaimed Josip Broz Tito president for life. Adoption of the Constitution was preceded by significant political events that occurred several years earlier, and that marked the…
Tito's birthplace in the village of Kumrovec, Croatia
The Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery, where Tito recuperated from his wounds
The assassination of the Minister of the Interior, Milorad Drašković, led to the outlawing of the Communist Party.