Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

{{Infobox Former Country
| native_name                = Socijalistička Federativna Republika JugoslavijaСоцијалистичка Федеративна Република Југославија
| conventional_long_name                = Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
| common_name                = Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
| status                = Federation
| government_type                = Various
| era                = Cold War
| year_start                = 1945
| year_end                = 1992
| date_start                = November 29
| date_end                = 25 June 1991 - 27 April 1992
| event_start                = Proclamation
| event_end                = Secessions
| event1                = UN membership
| date_event1                = 24 October 1945
| event2                = Constitutional reform
| date_event2                = 21 February 1974
| p1                = Kingdom of Yugoslavia
| flag_p1                = Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg
| p2                = Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
| flag_p2                = Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
| s1                = Slovenia
| flag_s1                = Flag of Slovenia.svg
| s2                = Croatia
| flag_s2                = Flag of Croatia.svg
| s3                = Republic of Macedonia
| flag_s3                = Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia_1991-1995.svg
| s4                = Bosnia and Herzegovina
| flag_s4                = Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg
| s5                = Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
| flag_s5                = Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg
| image_flag                = Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
| image_coat                = Coat of Arms of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
| image_map                = SFRYmap.PNG
| national_motto                = Bratstvo i jedinstvo"Brotherhood and Unity"
| national_anthem                = "Hej, Sloveni'"'"Hej, Sloveni"
| common_languages                = Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian
| capital                = Belgrade
| title_leader                = President
| leader1                = Ivan Ribar
| year_leader1                = 1945 - 1953 (first)
| leader2                = Josip Broz Tito
| year_leader2                = 1953 - 1980
| leader3                = Stjepan Mesić
| year_leader3                = 1991 - 1992 (last)
| title_deputy                = Prime Minister
| deputy1                = Josip Broz Tito
| year_deputy1                = 1945 - 1953 (first)
| deputy2                = Ante Marković
| year_deputy2                = 1989 - 1991 (last)
| stat_area1                = 255804
| stat_pop1                = 23724919
| stat_year1                = July 1989
| currency                = Yugoslav dinar
| utc_offset                = +1
| calling_code                = 38
| footnotes                = 
| demonym                = Yugoslav
}}
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the second half of World War II (1945) until it was formally dissolved in 1992 (de facto'' dissolved in 1991 with no leaders representing it) amid the Yugoslav wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. In 1992, the two remaining states still committed to a union, Serbia and Montenegro, formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which had not been recognized as the successor of the SFRY by international leaders.

A provisional parliament met in August 1945, comprising delegates from all parts of the country plus 68 representatives of prewar political parties and 13 independents. Elections for a bicameral parliament, which was to comprise a federal council and a council of nationalities and was to have the powers of a constituent assembly, were held on 11 November 1945: no political opposition to the People's Front was allowed. This situation caused the three royalist representatives, Grol-Subasic-Juraj Sutej, to secede from the provisional government indeed voting was on a single list of People's Front candidates with provision for opposition votes to be cast in separate voting boxes but this procedure made electors identifiable by OZNA agents. A powerful election campaign was mounted to ensure a large majority for Josip Broz Tito's People's Front, the general organization behind which the communist party operated.

Legacy
The modern countries whose territory formerly made up Yugoslavia are still today sometimes called the "former Yugoslavia". These countries are:

  (since 1991)
  (since 1991)
  (since 1991)
  (since 1992)
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (1992 to 2006)
  (since 2006)
  (since 2006)
  (since 2008; recognized by 98 United Nations member countries)

References 

Yugoslavia
Former federations
Former socialist republics
Former dictatorships
1945 establishments in Europe
1992 disestablishments in Europe