Edvard Kardelj

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Yugoslav politician (1910-1979)

PoliticiansLived 1910 to 1979 · aged 69

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Momentum1.2

Languages25

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Also inDeutsch

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Awards 19

Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour

People's Hero of Yugoslavia

Order of Lenin

Prešeren Award

Order "For Merit to the People" with golden star

Order of Brotherhood and Unity

Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941

Order of Bravery

Order of the Partisan Star

Order of the People's Liberation

Order of the People's Hero

Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star

Grand Cross of the Order of George I

Knight of the Royal Order of Cambodia

Order of the Aztec Eagle

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎

Partisan Cross (Poland)

Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class

In their orbit 1

SpousePepca Kardelj

Connected to Edvard 6

Miroslav KrležaAlso won Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour

Milovan ĐilasAlso won Order of the People's Liberation

Mário SoaresAlso won Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star

Lazar MojsovAlso won Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941

Janko BobetkoAlso won Order "For Merit to the People" with golden star

Józef CyrankiewiczAlso won Partisan Cross (Poland)

About this person

Edvard Kardelj, also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans, and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II. During the war, Kardelj was one of the leaders of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People and a Slovene Partisan. After the war, he was a federal political leader in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He led the Yugoslav delegation in peace talks with Italy over the border dispute in the Julian March.