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{i} family name; Marshal Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslavian politician who was the resistance leader against Nazi occupation during World War II and established independence from the USSR in 1948, president of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980
Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)

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orig. Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr. born April 20, 1923, New York, N.Y., U.S. died May 31, 2000, New York City U.S. bandleader, percussionist, and composer. Born to Puerto Rican parents, Puente served in the Navy during World War II and later studied at Juilliard. In the late 1940s he formed his own band and rose to prominence with the salsa, mambo, merengue, and cha-cha-cha fads of the 1950s. Always experimenting, he became a pioneer of Latin-jazz fusion. His compositions include "Pare Cochero" and "Oye Como Va." He performed with many artists, especially Celia Cruz, and he recorded more than 100 albums. He also performed in several films, including Radio Days (1987) and The Mambo Kings (1992)
Josip Broz Tito
orig. Josip Broz born May 7, 1892, Kumrovec, near Zagreb, Croatia, Austria-Hungary died May 4, 1980, Ljubljana, Yugos. Yugoslav politician, premier (1945-53), and president (1953-80). Born to a peasant family, he fought in the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I and was captured by the Russians in 1915. While in Russia, he took part in the July Days demonstrations (1917) and joined the Bolsheviks. In 1920 he returned to Croatia, where he became a local leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. He rose in the party hierarchy, interrupted by a prison term (1928-34), to become its secretary-general in 1939. In World War II, Tito (a pseudonym he adopted about 1935) proved an effective leader of Yugoslav Partisans. As marshal from 1943, he strengthened communist control of Yugoslavia. As premier and president, he developed an independent form of socialist rule in defiance of the Soviet Union, pursued a policy of nonalignment, built ties with other nonaligned states, and improved relations with the Western powers. Within Yugoslavia, he established a system of "symmetrical federalism" (1974) that created equality among the six republics and Serbia's autonomous provinces (including Kosovo), while maintaining tight control to prevent separatist movements. After his death, resentment of Serbian domination led gradually to a dissolution of the federal system
Marshal Josip Broz Tito
a Yugoslav Communist politician, who was president of Yugoslavia from 1953 until his death. Although Yugoslavia was a Communist state at this time, it was not influenced or controlled by the Soviet Union. Some people now say that Tito's strong leadership kept Yugoslavia together as one country, and since his death it has separated into smaller parts (1892-1980)
Marshal Tito
{i} (1892-1980) birth name Josip Broz, Yugoslavian politician who was the resistance leader against Nazi occupation during World War II and established independence from the USSR in 1948, president of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980
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