Portrait of Josip Broz Tito
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Josip Broz Tito

Role
Yugoslav leader
Lived
1892–1980
Country of activity
Serbia Serbia
Strongest axis
Federal 83%

Josip Broz Tito led communist Yugoslavia from the end of the Second World War until his death in 1980. He broke with Stalin in 1948, co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement and developed a system of worker self-management within a one-party state.

In the 12 Axes register, Josip Broz Tito leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 83%; the register median is Unitary 68%.

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The twelve axes

Where Josip Broz Tito sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

Federal 83%Unitary

Federational

Federation of six republics under the 1974 constitution

DemocraticAutocratic 83%

Oligarchy

One-party rule under the League of Communists

Security 83%Freedom

Authoritarian

Secret police and prison camps such as Goli Otok

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism

Non-Interventionist

Co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement

Militarist 68%Pacifist

Military-Focused

Built the JNA, then Europe's fourth-strongest army

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 83%

Multiculturalist

"Brotherhood and unity" among ethnic groups

Economy

Collectivize 83%Privatize

Socialist

Worker self-management socialism

Planned 68%Markets

Regulationism

Market socialism with enterprise autonomy

IsolationismGlobalism

Moderate

1960s reforms linked Yugoslavia to the world economy

Society

Irreligious 83%Religious

Atheist

Communist state curbed religious institutions

Progressive 68%Traditional

Progressive

Postwar reforms and modernization policy

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct position on technology

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, Josip Broz Tito is at Federal 83%. The register median is Unitary 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Internationalism – Nationalism

On Internationalism – Nationalism, Josip Broz Tito is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.

Who is closest in the register

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].