Jovanka Broz
First Lady of Yugoslavia (1924–2013)
Jovanka Broz (née Budisavljević; Serbian Cyrillic: Јованка Броз, née Будисављевић; 7 December 1924 – 20 October 2013) was the First Lady of Yugoslavia from 1952 until 1980 as the wife of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. She was a lieutenant colonel in the Yugoslav People's Army.
Born in Lika, she joined the anti-fascist resistance movement in 1941 and served in the Partisan army during World War II in Yugoslavia, where she was wounded twice and awarded the Order of Bravery. In 1945, she was assigned as Tito's personal secretary and later became his wife in 1952.
As First Lady, she participated in numerous diplomatic events and hosted foreign leaders. In the 1970s, tensions with Tito's close aides led to accusations of political interference, resulting in her isolation and eventual separation from Tito in 1977. Afterward, she lived in seclusion until Tito's death in May 1980, when she appeared in public for the first time in three years at his funeral. In July 1980, she was expelled from her residence and forcibly placed under unofficial house arrest.
She lived without personal identification documents or a pension, and until her death was unable to complete the probate proceedings necessary to determine what she was entitled to inherit following her husband's death. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, she continued to live in isolation.
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