Aleksandar Leka Ranković (1909-1982) was a leading YugoslavCommunist of Serbian origin. Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... Milovan Đilas (1911-1997) was a Communist politician and theorist in Yugoslavia. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... Yugoslav refers to: Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavs This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Serbia and Montenegro – Serbia – Kosovo and Metohia (UN administration) – Vojvodina – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area – Total – % water 88,361 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) (without Kosovo) – Density 7. ...
Ranković was a member of the Politburo from 1940. He was captured and tortured by the Gestapo in 1941, he was rescued by a daring Communist raid. He served on the Supreme Staff through out the war. Politburo is short for Political Bureau. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
After the war, he was minister of the interior and head of the military intelligence ("OZNA") and political police ("UDBA"). He fell from power in 1964, ostensibly for abusing his authority, and was expelled from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1966. OZNA - Odeljenje za Zaštitu Naroda (lit. ... UDBA or Unutrašnja Državna Bezbednost (State Security Directorate) was the secret police organization of the former Yugoslavia, during the communist regime. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1952 the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) was the ruling party of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 until the 1991. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
In World War II, Rankovic was active in the resistance.
From 1948 to 1966 he also held the second highest post in the executive branch of the Yugoslav government, with the title of vice president of the republic from 1963 to 1966.
Regarded as a possible successor to Josip Broz Tito, Rankovic was accused in 1966 of abusing his position in the state security service and was deprived of his offices and expelled from the YugoslavCommunist party.
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