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Jonas Furrer served as the first president of the Swiss Confederation (1848–1849). Jakob Stämpfli , who presided over the Federal Council in 1856, was just 35 years old, the youngest to date. Karl Schenk , as the longest-serving member of the Federal Council , was president of the Confederation six times, a number only equaled by Emil Welti .
After the liberation of Belgrade on 20 October 1944, the Communist-led government on 29 November 1945 declared King Peter II deposed and proclaimed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. From 1945 to 1953, the President of the Presidency of the National Assembly was the office of the Yugoslav head of state. The post was held by Ivan Ribar.
Having assumed de facto control over the party by 1937, Tito was formally elected its general secretary in 1939 and later its president, the title he held until his death. During World War II, after the Nazi invasion of the area, he led the Yugoslav guerrilla movement, the Partisans (1941–1945). [5]
The Yugoslav Partisans, [note 1] [11] officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia [note 2] [12] (often shortened as the National Liberation Army [note 3]) was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Nazi Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.
Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia and President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, died on 4 May 1980 following a prolonged illness. His state funeral was held four days later on 8 May, drawing a significant amount of statesmen from Western , Eastern and Non-Aligned countries across the world.
Leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and President: Ljubljana Yugoslavia: Illness – gangrene J. A. G. S. McCartney: 1980 Turks and Caicos Islands: Chief Minister: Vineland United States: Accident – plane crash Masayoshi Ōhira: 1980 Japan: Prime Minister: Tokyo Japan: Heart attack Seretse Khama: 1980 Botswana: President ...
The Death of Yugoslavia (broadcast as Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation in the US) [2] is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in September and October 1995, and returning in June 1996. It is also the title of a BBC book by Allan Little and Laura Silber that accompanies the series.
Yugoslav president of the Presidency Borisav Jović demands that the Presidency vote for use of the JNA against Croatia and Slovenia. All 3 Presidency members under Serbian control (Kosovo, Serbia and Vojvodina) and the member from Montenegro vote for the use of force, but members of the Presidency from the other republics (Bosnia and ...