Answer the following question: Facts: - party: russian b -rrb- -rrb- league of communists of yugoslavia -lrb- skj communist -rrb- party -lrb- bolsheviks -rrb- -lrb- rcp -lrb- - commands: partisans yugoslav people 's army -lrb- supreme commander -rrb- - branch: yugoslav people 's army - order: 1st - vicepresident: aleksandar rankovic - death date: 04 may 1980 - spouse: pelagija . herta haas -lrb- 1940 -- 1943 -rrb- jovanka broz broz -lrb- 1952 -- 1980 -rrb- -lrb- 1919 -- 1939 -rrb- , div - office: president of yugoslavia - awards: 98 order of the yugoslav star 20px legion of honour 20px international order of the bath 20px order of lenin 20px order and of merit of italy -lrb- short list below , full 21 list in the article -rrb- yugoslav decorations , including 20px - partner: davorjanka paunovic - serviceyears: 1913 -- 1915 1941 -- 1980 - name: josip broz tito - death place: ljubljana , sr slovenia , sfr yugoslavia - signature: tito signature.svg - restingplace: house of flowers , belgrade , republic of serbia - occupation: machinist , revolutionary , resistance commander , statesman - battles: world world war ii war i russian civil war spanish civil war - allegiance: austria-hungary yugoslavia - children: zlatica broz hinko broz Zarko leon broz aleksandar broz - image: josip broz tito uniform portrait.jpg - rank: marshal - restingplacecoordinates: 44 47 12 n 20 27 06 e Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of josip broz tito .
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josip broz tito -lrb- cyrillic : , ; born josip broz 7 may 1892 -- 4 may 1980 -rrb- was a yugoslav revolutionary and statesman , serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980 .during world war ii he was the leader of the partisans , often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in occupied europe .while his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian , tito was '' seen by most as a benevolent dictator '' '' ... all yugoslavs had educational opportunities , jobs , food , and housing regardless of nationality .tito , seen by most as a benevolent dictator , brought peaceful co-existence to the balkan region , a region historically synonymous with factionalism . ''due to his economic and diplomatic policies .he was a popular public figure both in yugoslavia and abroad . '' ''... of course , tito was a popular figure , both in yugoslavia and outside it . '' ''viewed as a unifying symbol , '' '' ... tito himself became a unifying symbol .he was charismatic and very popular among the citizens of yugoslavia . '' ''his internal policies maintained the peaceful coexistence of the nations of the yugoslav federation .he gained further international attention as the chief leader of the non-aligned movement , working with jawaharlal nehru of india , gamal abdel nasser of egypt and sukarno of indonesia .orson welles once called him '' the greatest man in the world today . ''he was general secretary -lrb- later chairman of the presidium -rrb- of the league of communists of yugoslavia -lrb- 1939 -- 80 -rrb- , and went on to lead the world war ii yugoslav guerrilla movement , the partisans -lrb- 1941 -- 45 -rrb- .after the war , he was the prime minister -lrb- 1944 -- 63 -rrb- , president -lrb- later president for life -rrb- -lrb- 1953 -- 80 -rrb- of the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia -lrb- sfry -rrb- .from 1943 to his death in 1980 , he held the rank of marshal of yugoslavia , serving as the supreme commander of the yugoslav military , the yugoslav people 's...