Jovanka Broz

Jovanka Broz

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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jovanka Broz is the 2,068th most popular politician (down from 1,823rd in 2019). (down from 171st in 2019)

Jovanka Broz was the wife of Josip Broz Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia. She was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.