Grave of the marshal Tito in The Haus of Flowers

The funeral of

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...

, President of Yugoslavia and President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, was held on 8 May 1980, four days after his death on 4 May. His funeral drew many statesmen from around the globe, from Western, Eastern and Non-Aligned countries. The attendees included four kings, six princes, 22

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s, 31 presidents, and 47 ministers of foreign affairs. In total, 128 countries out of the 154 UN members at the time were represented. Also present were delegates from seven multilateral organizations, six movements and 40 political parties. Tito had become increasingly ill throughout 1979. On 7 January and again on 11 January 1980, Tito was admitted to the University Medical Centre in

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, the capital city of

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, with circulation problems in his legs. His left leg was amputated soon afterwards due to arterial blockages, and he died of gangrene at the Medical Centre Ljubljana on 4 May 1980 at 3:05 pm, three days short of his 88th birthday. The ''Plavi voz'', Tito's personal train, brought his body to Belgrade where it lay in state at the Federal Parliament building until the funeral.

Illness

By 1979, Tito's health had declined rapidly, mainly due to an arterial embolism in his left leg. This embolism was a complication of his

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, which he had had for many years. In that year, he participated in the

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of the

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and spent New Year's Eve in his residence in Karađorđevo. Throughout the televised event, Tito remained seated while exchanging greetings, causing concern to the watching audience. During this time ''Vila Srna'' was built for his use near Morović in the event of his recovery. The first circulation problems in his left leg begun in the second half of December 1979. Tito refused to undergo any diagnostic procedure prior to the new year celebration. On January 3, 1980, Tito was admitted to the

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for tests on blood vessels in his leg. Two days later, after the angiography, he was discharged to his residence in Brdo Castle near Kranj, with a recommendation for further intensive treatment. Angiography revealed that Tito's superficial femoral artery and Achilles tendon artery were clogged. The medical council consisted of eight Yugoslav doctors, Michael DeBakey from the United States and

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from the

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. Following the advice of DeBakey and Knyazev, the medical team attempted an arterial bypass. The first surgery was done in the night of January 12. At first, the operation appeared to have been a success, but after few hours, it became clear that the operation was not successful. Due to severe damage to the arteries, which led to the interruption of blood flow and accelerated tissue devitalization of the left leg, Tito's left leg was amputated on January 20, to prevent the spread of gangrene. When Tito was told about the required amputation, he resisted it as long as possible. Finally, after meeting with his sons, Žarko and Mišo, he agreed to the amputation. After the amputation, Tito's health improved and he began rehabilitation. On 28 January, he was transferred from the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery to the Department of Cardiology. In the first days of February his health had improved enough to allow him to perform some of his regular duties. By the beginning of January 1980, however, it became clear that Tito's life was in grave danger and Yugoslav political leadership secretly began preparations for his funeral. Tito's wish was that he be buried in the House of Flowers on

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hill, that overlooks Belgrade. Moma Martinovic, a director for Radio Television Belgrade, was summoned by

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, a vice president in the federal government, to devise plans for broadcasting the funeral. In late February, Tito's health suddenly took a turn to the worst. He suffered from kidney failure and in March, his heart and lungs began to fail and in late April, he suffered a stroke, whilst he was still in the hospital.

Death

Marshal Josip Broz Tito died in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Medical Centre, Ljubljana on May 4, 1980, at 3:05 pm, due to complications of gangrene, three days before his 88th birthday. He died on the seventh floor, in a small room on the southeast corner. A commemorative inscription in the main hall later read "Pot do osvoboditve človeka bo še dolga, a bila bi daljša da ni živel Tito" (''"The fight for peoples liberation will be a long one, but would have been longer if Tito never lived"''). That inscription was later removed. Immediately upon learning of Tito's death, a full extraordinary session of both the Presidency of Yugoslavia and the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia was held in Belgrade starting at 6:00 pm, at which Tito's death was formally declared via a joint statement: After the declaration was read,

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( President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) said, "Eternal glory be to the memory of our great leader and father of the revolution, President of Yugoslavia and General Secretary and President of the League, our comrade Josip Broz Tito''.''" At the same meeting, by the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution, as amended, it was decided that Lazar Koliševski, Vice President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia, would temporarily take the office of the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia, and that Cvijetin Mijatović, a former member of the Presidency of

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, would take Koliševski's place as state vice president. Following the LCY Statute as amended, former chairman of Presidency of Central Committee of League of Communists of Yugoslavia

assumed the post of President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Immediately afterwards, the Federal Executive Council (government of Yugoslavia) decided to announce a week of national mourning across the country formally and cancelled all entertainment, cultural and sporting events. Many countries around the world declared periods of national mourning.

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announced seven days of mourning;

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, and

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announced four days of mourning;

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, Guinea and

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announced three days of mourning;

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announced two days of mourning; and

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declared one day of mourning.

Grief in the nation

The usual activities of Yugoslavian citizens were interrupted when TV screens went black for 30 seconds. After that, Miodrag Zdravković, newsreader of Radio Television Belgrade, read the following statement live with

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: The same announcement was read out on the TV stations of each constituent republic in their respective languages. On Sunday afternoons,

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often broadcast

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games of the

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. That day, there was a league match in Split between NK Hajduk Split and FK Crvena Zvezda. When the match was in its 41st minute, three men entered the Poljud Stadium pitch, signaling the

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to stop the match.

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, the president of Hajduk, took the microphone and announced Tito's death. What followed were sudden scenes of mass crying with some players such as Zlatko Vujović collapsing down to the ground and weeping. Players of both teams and referees aligned to stand in a moment of silence. Once the stadium announcer said "May he rest in peace", the entire stadium of 50,000 football fans spontaneously started to sing "

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" ( sr). The match was halted, and replayed later in the month. Grief for the statesman's death was largely based on his place in the Yugoslav political scene. He had led the fight against

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in the Second World War and helped to create the

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. In addition, he had again stood for Yugoslav independence by going against

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in 1948, securing for his country a self-determined path, unlike some

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states that were more dependent on

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Dignitaries

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brought an empty coffin to the capital Belgrade, due to the bad condition of his deceased body. Tito's remains were instead transferred to Belgrade by a military helicopter. Tito's funeral drew many statesmen to Belgrade. Two notably absent statesmen were

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and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

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. His death came just as the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan had ended the American-Soviet détente. Yugoslavia, though a communist state, was non-aligned during the Cold War due to the Tito-Stalin split in 1948. After learning that

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chairman

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would lead the Chinese delegation, the ailing

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decided to lead his nation's delegation. In order to avoid meeting Brezhnev whilst in the middle of his campaign for the

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, Carter opted to send his mother Lilian Carter and

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as heads of the US delegation. After realizing that leaders of all

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nations would attend the funeral, Carter's decision was criticized by presidential candidate George H. W. Bush as a sign that the United States "inferentially slams Yugoslavs at time that country has pulled away from Soviet Union". Carter visited Yugoslavia later in June 1980 and made a visit to Tito's grave.

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, chancellor of West Germany, was highly active at the funeral, meeting with Brezhnev,

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's Erich Honecker, and

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's Edward Gierek. British prime minister

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sought to rally world leaders in order to harshly condemn the Soviet invasion. While she was in Belgrade, she held talks with

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, Schmidt, Francesco Cossiga, and

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. Brezhnev met with Kim Il-sung and Honecker. James Callaghan, leader of the British Labour Party, explained his presence in Belgrade as an attempt to warm relations between his party and Yugoslav communists, which was severed more than a decade ago after dissident

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was welcomed by Jennie Lee, Minister for the Arts under

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. Mondale avoided the Soviets, ignoring Brezhnev while passing close to him. Soviet and Chinese delegations also avoided each other. The pomp and scale of the funeral had been widely documented and the event was a source of pride for the country for years to come. On the fifteenth anniversary of his death in 1995, the Croatian newspaper Arkzin noted that "turbulent times still do not allow for a truly historical assessment of his stature and achievements, but the appraisal which the world showed those days in May 1980, confirms that small nations and small states may produce world giants." During the funeral,

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tapped on the shoulder of

, after which she swung and shook his hand. She stated that she could never forgive herself for shaking his hand. Tito was interred twice on May 8. The first interment was for cameras and dignitaries. The grave was shallow with only a replica of the sarcophagus. The second interment was held privately during the night. His coffin was removed, and the shallow grave was deepened. The coffin was enclosed with a copper mask and interred again into a much deeper grave which was sealed with cement and topped with a 9-ton sarcophagus. Communist officials were afraid that someone might steal the corpse, as had happened to Charlie Chaplin. However, the 9 ton sarcophagus had to be put in place with a crane, which would make the funeral unattractive. In stark contrast to the pageantry of the funeral, Tito's tomb was constructed of marble with a simple inscription that states JOSIP BROZ - TITO 1892–1980. It did not incorporate a red star or any emblem linked to communism. Historians stated that the burial location, which was the garden of the place he lived during the post-war years more popularly known as the House of Flowers, was selected according to Tito's wishes. The House of Flowers, together with the

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, has since become a tourist destination and landmark of Belgrade visited by millions of people.

Foreign delegations

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: *: Chadli Bendjedid ( President),

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(Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Rudolf Kirchschläger ( President),

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( Federal Chancellor),

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( Foreign Minister) *: Ziaur Rahman ( President), Muhammad Shamsul Haque (

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) *:

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, Wilfried Martens (

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), Henri Simonet (

) *

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: Todor Zhivkov ( Chairman of the State Council) *: Edward Schreyer (

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), Jean Marchand ( Speaker of the Senate) *

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: Gustáv Husák ( President), Miloš Jakeš (First Secretary of the

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), Bohuslav Chňoupek ( Ministers of Foreign Affairs) *

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: Mengistu Haile Mariam ( Chairman of the Derg) *:

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( President),

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(

) *: Konstantinos Tsatsos ( President),

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( Chief of the National Defence General Staff) *: Ahmed Sékou Touré ( President), Moussa Diakité (Foreign minister) *: Luís Cabral ( President),

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(Commissar of Internal Affairs) *

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: János Kádár (General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party) *

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

( President), Sa'dun Hammadi (Foreign Minister) *: Patrick Hillery ( President), George Colley (

Tánaiste The Tánaiste ( , ) is the deputy head of the government of Ireland and thus holder of its second-most senior office. The Tánaiste is appointed by the President of Ireland on the advice of the Taoiseach. The current office holder is former Ta ...

) *: Sandro Pertini ( President), Francesco Cossiga (

Oddo Biasini Oddo Biasini (13 May 1917 – 8 July 2009) was an Italian politician. He was a partisan during the Second World War and a prominent member of the Italian Republican Party. Biography Oddo Biasini graduated in letters at the University of Florenc ...

( Minister of Culture) *:

Hussein, Abdelhamid Sharaf (

) *:

Spyros Kyprianou Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou ( el, Σπύρος Κυπριανού; 28 October 1932 – 12 March 2002) was one of the most prominent politicians and barristers of modern Cyprus. He served as the second president of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988. ...

( President),

Nicos A. Rolandis Nicos A. Rolandis (10 December 1934 – 27 May 2021) was a Cypriot politician. He variously served as a Member of parliament, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism. Biography Rolandis was born in ...

( Foreign Minister) *: Kim Il-sung ( General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President), Ho Dam ( Foreign Minister), O Jin-u ( Minister of Defence) * Democratic Kampuchea: Khieu Samphan ( President of the State Presidium and

Teng Sang Teng may refer to: *Teng (surname) (滕), a Chinese surname *Teng (state), an ancient Chinese state *Teng (mythology), a flying dragon in Chinese mythology *Teng County Teng County or Tengxian (; za, Dwngz Yen) is a county of eastern Guangxi, C ...

(Vice President) **Note: This delegation represented the UN-recognized government of Cambodia ( Democratic Kampuchea), although in 1980 Cambodia was ''de facto'' ruled as the People's Republic of Kampuchea. *: Jean ( Grand Duke), Gaston Thorn ( Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister) *: Moussa Traoré ( President), Alioune Blondin Beye ( Foreign Minister) *:

Anton Buttigieg Anton Buttigieg, ( mt, Anton Buttiġieġ ; 19 February 1912 – 5 May 1983) was a Maltese political figure and poet. He served as the second president of Malta from 1976 until 1981. Early life Anton Buttigieg was born in Qala, Gozo, on 19 ...

( President) *: Erich Honecker ( General Secretary of the Central Committee and the Chairman of the State Council), Oskar Fischer (

), Manfred Flegel (Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers) *: Karl Carstens ( President),

(

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

), Hans-Dietrich Genscher ( Foreign Minister) *:

Olav V, Odvar Nordli (

) *: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ( President),

Riaz Piracha Riaz (; frp, Rua, or ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Riaz is first mentioned in 900 as ''Villa Roda''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Zum Rad'', how ...

(

Foreign Secretary The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...

) *: Aristides Royo ( President), Carlos Osores ( Foreign Minister) *: Edward Gierek ( First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party), Wojciech Jaruzelski ( Minister of National Defence) *: António Ramalho Eanes ( President), Francisco de Sá Carneiro (

) *

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

( President), Ilie Verdeț (

), Ștefan Andrei (

) *:

Pietro Chiaruzzi Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II C ...

and

Primo Marani Primo may refer to: People * DJ Premier (born 1966), hip-hop producer, sometimes goes by nickname Primo *Primo Carnera (1906–1967), Italian boxer, World Heavyweight champion 1933–1934 * Primo Cassarino (born 1956), enforcer for the Gambino c ...

( Captains Regent) *:

( General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party,

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet The Constitution of the Soviet Union recognised the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Supreme Soviet and the earlier Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union, Central Executive Committee ( ...

Andrei Gromyko Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (russian: Андрей Андреевич Громыко; be, Андрэй Андрэевіч Грамыка; – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet communist politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served a ...

(

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The enti ...

) *:

Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, ...

, Ola Ullsten ( Minister for Foreign Affairs) *:

Hafez al-Assad Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 19 ...

( President), Abdul Halim Khaddam (

and Deputy Prime Minister) *:

Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, a ...

( President), Benjamin Mkapa (

) *: Gnassingbé Eyadéma ( President) * :

( President),

Wilson M. Chakulya Wilson may refer to: People *Wilson (name) ** List of people with given name Wilson ** List of people with surname Wilson * Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender *Wilson (footballer, born 1984), full name Wilson Rodr ...

(

)

Heads of government or vice-heads of state

State delegations of those countries were headed by their heads of government or vice-heads of state: *

Maung Maung Kha Maung Maung Kha ( my, မောင်မောင်ခ ; 7 June 1920 – 30 April 1995) was Prime Minister of Burma between 1977 and 1988. Maung Maung Kha was born to Khin Tint and Chit Pe in Yangon. He enrolled in Yangon University, Univ ...

(

) * : Pedro Pires (

) *:

( Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of China), Ji Pengfei ( Secretary General of the State Council) *:

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in ...

(

) *: Raymond Barre (

Jean François-Poncet Jean François-Poncet (; 8 December 1928 – 18 July 2012) was a French politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1978 to 1981. From 1983 until 2011, he was a member of t ...

(

) *:

Joseph W.S. deGraft-Johnson Joseph William Swain de Graft-Johnson (6 October 1933 – 22 April 1999) was a Ghanaian engineer, academic and politician. He served as Vice-President of Ghana from 1979 to 1981. Early life and education Joseph de Graft-Johnson was born on 6 Oct ...

( Vice-President), Isaac Chinebuah ( Minister for Foreign Affairs), William Ofori Atta (Government Minister) *: Indira Gandhi (

) *: Adam Malik (

) *: Masayoshi Ōhira (

), Yasure Katoi (

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a Cabinet (government), cabinet Minister (government), minister in charge of a sovereign state, state's foreign policy and foreign ...

) *

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

: Charles Ravoajanakhari (Vice President of the Supreme Revolutionary Council) *

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...

: Jambyn Batmönkh (

) *: Prince Claus ( Prince consort), Prince Bernhard (former Prince consort), Dries van Agt (

Chris van der Klaauw Christoph Albert "Chris" van der Klaauw (;In isolation, ''van'' is pronounced . 13 August 1924 – 16 March 2005) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). From 19 December 1977 to 11 Septembter 1 ...

(

) *: Pedro Richter Prada (

) *: Adolfo Suárez (

Marcelino Oreja Marcelino Oreja y Aguirre, 1st Marquis of Oreja (born 13 February 1935) is a Spanish lawyer, diplomat and politician of the People's Party. He served as Foreign Minister of Spain between 1976 and 1980. Between 1984 and 1989 he was Secretary Gene ...

(

) *:

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey seven times between ...

(

), Hayrettin Erkmen ( Foreign Minister) *: Prince Philip ( Consort of the Queen),

(

), Lord Carrington (

), Fitzroy Maclean (wartime British liaison to Yugoslav Partisans, personal friend of Tito) *:

(

), Lillian Gordy Carter (mother of President

) and

W. Averell Harriman William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. The son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman, he served as Secretary of Commerce un ...

(former

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

of New York) *: Qadi Abdel (Vice President) *: Robert Mugabe (

)

Deputies or foreign ministers

Delegations of those countries were headed by their deputy heads of state, deputy heads of government or their foreign ministers: *

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...

: Sultan Ali Keshtmand (First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers), Shah Mohamad Dost ( Foreign Minister) *: Andrew Peacock ( Minister for Foreign Affairs) *: Gaston Aroas Levi (

) *: Jose Ferraz de Rosa (Army General, State Minister, and General Chief of Staff), Oto Agripino Maia ( Foreign Minister) *: Jean Keutcha ( Foreign Minister) *: Carlos Rafael Rodríguez (Vice President of the

Council of State A Council of State is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head o ...

), Isidoro Malmierca Peoli ( Foreign Minister) *: Henrik ( Prince Consort), Kjeld Olesen ( Foreign Minister) *:

Ptolemy Reid Ptolemy Alexander Reid (May 8, 1918 – September 2, 2003) was a Guyanese veterinarian and politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1980 to 1984. Early life He was born in Dartmouth, British Guiana

(Deputy Prime Minister) *: Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (

) *: Harold Edward Water (Foreign Minister) *:

Enrique Olivares Santana Enrique Olivares Santana (8 August 1920 – 18 March 2004) was a Mexican teacher, diplomat, and politician who was governor of Aguascalientes (1962—1968), a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and Secretary of the Interio ...

( Secretary of the Interior),

Luis M. Farías Luis M. Farías (7 June 1920 – 3 April 1999) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI who served as Governor of Nuevo León from 1971 to 1973 and Mayor of Monterrey from 1986 to 1988. He served as a federal deputy in the XLIII, XLV ...

( President of the Chamber of Deputies) *

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

: Prince

Gyanendra of Nepal Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhu ...

and K. B. Shahi (

) *: Ishaya Audu (

Joseph Wayas Joseph Wayas (21 May 1941 – 30 November 2021) was Nigeria's Senate President during the Nigerian Second Republic (1979–1983). Background Wayas was born in Basang, Obudu, Cross River State on 21 May 1941 and attended the Dennis Memorial Gram ...

( President of the Senate) *: Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (Foreign Minister) *: Brian Talboys ( Deputy Prime Minister and

) *:

Jacques Hodoul Jacques Hodoul (1 September 1943 – 3 May 2021) was a Seychellois judge and former politician. After serving as Minister of Education and Culture, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982, Minister of National Development from 1982 ...

( Minister for Foreign Affairs) *: Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed ( Minister of External Affairs) *: Pierre Aubert ( Foreign Minister) *: Thanat Khoman (Deputy Prime Minister) *:

Otema Allimadi Erifasi Otema Allimadi (11 February 1929 – 5 August 2001) was a Ugandan politician who served as the country's Foreign Minister (1979–1980) in the UNLF government and later on as the country's third Prime Minister of Uganda (1980&ndas ...

( Foreign Minister) *: José Zambrano Velasco (

) *: Huỳnh Tấn Phát ( Deputy Prime Minister)

Other state delegations

State delegations of those countries were headed by government ministers, ambassadors or royal house members: *: Sokrat Plaka (ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Ambrósio Lukoki (Minister of Education and Member of the Politburo of

MPLA The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, Abbreviation, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wi ...

), Afonso Van-Dunem (Member of the Central Committee of

) *: Alberto Rodríguez Varela ( Minister of Justice) *

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

: Tonakpon Capo-Chichi (Minister of Culture) and Agbahe Gregoire (Minister of Tourism and Crafts) *: A. V. Kgarebe (High Commissioner to the United Kingdom) *: Reni Nkonkengurute (Member of the Politburo and Presidium of the Central Committee of the

Union for National Progress The Union for National Progress (french: Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA) is a nationalist political party in Burundi. It initially emerged as a nationalist united front in opposition to Belgian colonial rule but subsequently became an ...

, Minister for Presidency affairs) *: General Mbale (Minister of Internal Affairs) *: Gustavo Balcázar Monzón ( Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom) *

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

: Jean Ganga Zansou ( President of the National Assembly) *: Fernando Aldman (Minister of Economy) *: Mario Aleman (Sub-secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) *: Abaga Julian Esono (Ambassador to France) *: Jean Robert Fungu (Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Ingvi Sigurður Ingvarsson (Ambassador to Sweden, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: K. Nalobamba (State Minister), Tousagnon Benoit (vice-president of the National Assembly) *: K. G. Hill (Ambassador to Geneva, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: J. H. Okvanyo (Trade minister) *: Sheikh Abdullah al Jaber (Special emissary of Emir Jaber al Ahmad) *: Ali el Khalil (Minister of Finance) *: Robert Kvele Kennedy (Ambassador to Rome, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Su ...

: Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (Minister of Defence, General of Army) *: Walter Oehry (Government Minister) *: Ahmed Zaki (Permanent Representatives to the UN) *: Abdul Taib Mahmud (Minister of Defence) *: Mohamme Ulg el-Hussein (Minister) *: Dej Ould Sidi (President of Parliament), Mohammed Doniri (Minister of Supplies) *

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Mala ...

: Marcelino dos Santos (Member of the Central Committee of

FRELIMO FRELIMO (; from the Portuguese , ) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique. It is the dominant party in Mozambique and has won a majority of the seats in the Assembly of the Republic in every election since the country's first ...

, member of the Parliament Standing Committee) *: Mahamane Karmou (Ambassador to USSR, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Fahad bin Mahmoud Al-Said (Under-secretary of judicial affairs) *:

Leon Ma. Guerrero Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

(Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Jules Kanadra (Ambassador to Moscow, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Brata da Coste (Member of the Coordinating council of the MLSTP/PSD, Minister for Planning) *: Maggat Lo (President of the Economic-social committee of the Parliament), Mohammed Li (Government Minister) *: Philip Faboe (Secretary of State) *: David Marshall (Ambassador to France) *

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...

: Ismail Ali Abokor ( President of the People's Assembly, and Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party) *: M. S. Muti (Member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party), A. R. Ratib (Member of the Politburo) * Sudan: Sherif Ghasim (Member of the Politburo of the Sudanese Socialist Union) *: James O'Neil (Ambassador to Belgium, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Sadok Mokaddem ( President of the Assembly, and Member of the Politburo of the Socialist Destourian Party) and

Habib Bourguiba, Jr. Habib Bourguiba Jr. ( ar, الحبيب بورقيبة الابن, al-Ḥabīb Būrqībah al-Ibn; 9 April 1927 – 28 December 2009) was a Tunisian diplomat and politician. Biography Jean-Claude Habib Bourguiba was the son of Habib Bourguiba, w ...

*: Tiemoko Marc Garango (Ambassador to West Germany, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Walter Ravenna (Minister of National Defence) *: Achille Silvestrini (Secretary of the Council for Public Affairs of the Church) *: Nzondomyo a' Dokpe Lingo ( President of the National Assembly)

Delegations of parties and organizations

International organizations

*: Chedli Klibi (

Secretary-General Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derive ...

) *

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adop ...

: Simone Veil ( President) * Council of Europe: Franz Karasek ( Secretary General) *

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

: Wilhelm Haferkamp ( Vice-President) *: Shridath Ramphal (

) *

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate ...

: Emiel van Lennep (Secretary-General) *: Kurt Waldheim (

), P. N. Dhar *: Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (Director-General)

Liberation movements

* Palestine Liberation Organization:

( Chairman) * Polisario Front: Mohamed Abdelaziz ( Chairman of the Revolutionary Council) *

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

David Meroro David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(President of the People's Assembly)

Political parties and Trade unions

* Communist Party of Australia: Bernie Taft (Secretary) *

Labour Party of Australia The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the ...

: Jane Taggart *

Communist Party of Austria The Communist Party of Austria (german: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ) is a communist party in Austria. Established in 1918 as the Communist Party of German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest communist parties. The KPÖ ...

Franz Muhri Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

(president) and Josef Nichel-Vizer (Member of the Central Committee) *

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

: Kamal Hosein * Communist Party of Belgium: Louis Van Geyt (president), Jean Debruvere (Member of the Politbureau) * Socialist Party (Belgium): André Cools (president), Irène Pétry (member of the National Bureau, Vice President of the

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing political philosophy that su ...

, President of the Socialist International Women) * Communist Party of Chile: Milo Carres Orlando (Member of the Politbureau) *

Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile ( es, Partido Socialista de Chile, or PS) is a centre-left political party founded in 1933. Its historic leader was President of Chile Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a CIA-backed coup d'état by General Augusto ...

: Carlos Altamirano (Secretary), Clodomiro Almeida (Secretary) * Popular Unitary Action Movement: Ricardo Lopez * Radical Party of Chile: Benjamin Tekliski (Executive Secretary) * Communist Party of Denmark: Jørgen Jensen (president), Hans Kloster (member of the Central Committee) * Socialist People's Party of Denmark:

Gert Petersen Gert Verner Petersen (19 August 1927 – 1 January 2009) was a journalist and politician who helped found and represent the Socialist People's Party in Denmark. He was born in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark, as the son of the factory worker ...

(president) * Dominican Revolutionary Party: Francisco Pena Gomez * Labor Party of Egypt: Hamid Zidani * Arab Trade Unions (Egypt): Fati Mohammad (Secretary-General) * Communist Party of France:

Georges Marchais Georges René Louis Marchais (7 June 1920 – 16 November 1997) was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1972 to 1994, and a candidate in the French presidential elections of 1981. Early life Born into a Roman Catholic family, he b ...

(Secretary general) * French Socialist Party:

François Mitterrand François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, ...

(First secretary), Lionel Jospin (National Secretary) * French Unified Socialist Party: Maurice Revenel (National secretary), Victor Ledik (National secretary) * French Democratic Confederation of Labour: Edmond Maire (Secretary-General ), Jacques Chereque (Deputy Secretary-General) * General Confederation of Labour (France): Gerard Gomez (National Secretary) * French

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the S ...

: Francois Lissere * People's National Party (Ghana): Nana Okutwer Beko (president) * Communist Party of Greece (Interior): Babis Drakopoulos (Secretary General) *

Communist Party of Greece The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece. Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curre ...

: Charilaos Florakis (Secretary General) *

United Democratic Left The United Democratic Left (, ''Eniéa Dimokratikí Aristerá'' (EDA)) was a left-wing political party in Greece, active mostly before the Greek military junta of 1967–74. Foundation The party was founded in July 1951 by prominent center-l ...

(Greece):

Manolis Glezos Manolis Glezos ( el, Μανώλης Γλέζος; 9 September 1922 – 30 March 2020) was a Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and folk hero, best known for his participation in the World War II resistance. In Greece, he is best re ...

* Party of Democratic Socialism (Greece): Yagos Pesmazoglou, Georgios Milonas, Charalambos Protopapas *

PASOK The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

: Andreas Papandreou (President) *

General Confederation of Greek Workers The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), in Greek Γ.Σ.Ε.Ε, is the highest, tertiary trade union body in Greece. It was founded in 1918 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. GSEE is made up of 83 work ...

: Nicholas Papageorgiou (President) * Communist Party of the Netherlands: Henk Hustra (president) * Labour Party (Netherlands): Joop den Uyl (Parliamentary group leader) * Communist Party of Ireland: Andy Barr (president) * Communist Party of Italy: Enrico Berlinguer (Secretary General) *

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892 ...

: Bettino Craxi (Secretary General) * Italian Democratic Socialist Party: Ruggero Puletti (deputy Secretary-General), Giuseppe Amadei * Proletarian Unity Party (Italy) and the Workers Movement for Socialism: Lucio Magri (Secretary-General), Luca Cafiero (Secretary) *

Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy ( it, Democrazia Cristiana, DC) was a Christian democratic political party in Italy. The DC was founded on 15 December 1943 in the Italian Social Republic (Nazi-occupied Italy) as the ideal successor of the Italian People's ...

Vito Lattanzio Vittorio (Vito) Lattanzio (31 October 1926 – 31 October 2010) was an Italian Christian Democrat politician and physician. Biography Lattanzio was born on 31 October 1926 in Bari, Italy. He would get a degree in medicine and begin working as ...

Japanese Communist Party The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party advocates the establishment of a democ ...

: Kamejiro Senaga, Sakundo Onuma * Socialist Party of Japan: Tomio Kawahami, Eiji Yasai *

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...

: N. Kobi * Colombian Communist Party: Alvaro Delgado * Lebanese Communist Party: Nicolas Shawi (Secretary General) *

Progressive Socialist Party The Progressive Socialist Party ( ar, الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي, translit=al-Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki) is a Lebanese political party. Its confessional base is in the Lebanese Druze, Druze sect and its regional base is in ...

: Walid Jumblatt (President) * Socialist Union of Popular Forces: Abderahime Buabid (Secretary General) * Party of Progress and Socialism (Morocco):

Ali Yata Ali Yata was a Moroccan communist leader. He was born in Tangier on 25 August 1920. Yata took part in the foundation of the Moroccan Communist Party (PCM) in 1943. After a few years he became the general secretary of the party, replacing the foun ...

(Secretary General) * Communist Party of Mauritius: Chandramun (President) * Mexican Communist Party: Marcos Leonel Pasades (Member of the executive committee) * German Communist Party: Herbert Mies, Carlos Schroder * Social Democratic Party of Germany:

Willy Brandt Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Ge ...

(President, President of the

) * National Party of Nigeria: Augustus Akinloye (President) * Portuguese Communist Party: Álvaro Cunhal (Secretary General) *

Socialist Party (Portugal) The Socialist Party ( pt, Partido Socialista, , PS) is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants from the Portuguese Socialist Action ( pt, Acção S ...

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(Secretary General) * Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy (Portugal):

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(Secretary General) * Sammarinese Communist Party: Umberto Barulli (Secretary General) *

Sammarinese Socialist Party The Sammarinese Socialist Party ( it, Partito Socialista Sammarinese, PSS) was a socialist and, later, social-democratic political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Italian Socialist Party and its international affiliation was w ...

: Giuseppe della Balda *

Syrian Communist Party The Syrian Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي السوري, translit=al-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī as-Sūrī) was a political party in Syria founded in 1924. It became a member of the National Progressive Front in 1972. The party spli ...

: Daniel Neme *

Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain ( es, Partido Comunista de España; PCE) is a Marxist-Leninist party that, since 1986, has been part of the United Left coalition, which is part of Unidas Podemos. It currently has two of its politicians serving a ...

: Santiago Carrillo (Secretary General) *

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in go ...

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(Secretary General) * Unión General de Trabajadores (Spain): Anton Valentin * Sri Lanka Freedom Party:

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 191 ...

(President) * Swiss Party of Labour: Jean Vincent (honorary President) * Progressive Organizations of Switzerland: Georg Degen * Left Party – the Communists (Sweden): Lars Werner (President), Bo Hammar (member of the Politbureau) * Swedish Social Democratic Party:

Sten Andersson Sten Sture Andersson (20 April 1923 – 16 September 2006) was a Swedish social democratic politician, who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs 1985–1991 and as President of the Nordic Council in 1994. He worked closely with Olof Palme, ...

(Secretary) * Republican People's Party (Turkey):

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 1 ...

(President) * Communist Party of Britain: Gordon McLennan (Secretary General) *

Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of Social democracy, social democrats, Democratic socialism, democratic socialists and trade u ...

: James Callaghan (Leader)

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