Jovanka Broz
First Lady of Yugoslavia (1924-2013) · Serbia · Politicians · Died at 88
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Something wrong?Josip Broz Tito's wife who went from wartime Partisan to First Lady to three decades of near-total isolation - stripped of documents, pension, and contact with the outside world after their 1977 separation.
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Spouse: Josip Broz TitoAbout this person
Born in Lika in 1924, Jovanka Budisavljević joined the anti-fascist resistance in 1941 and fought through World War II, wounded twice and decorated with the Order of Bravery. In 1945 she became Tito's personal secretary; they married in 1952, making her First Lady of Yugoslavia. For two decades she moved through diplomatic receptions and state visits, until accusations of political meddling in the 1970s turned Tito's inner circle against her. They separated in 1977. After his death in 1980 she vanished into her Belgrade villa under what amounted to house arrest - no papers, no pension, no visitors. She didn't regain her documents until 2009. She died in 2013 and was buried with state honours at the House of Flowers, the mausoleum where Tito himself rests.
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