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 ...

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and

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, was held on 8 May 1980, four days after his death on 4 May. His funeral drew many statesmen from around the globe, from

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and Non-Aligned countries. The attendees included four kings, six princes, 22

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s, 31

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, 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 SR Slovenia, with circulation problems in his legs. His left leg was

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soon afterwards due to arterial blockages, and he died of

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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

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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

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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 Havana Conference 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

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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

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, he was discharged to his residence in

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, with a recommendation for further intensive treatment. Angiography revealed that Tito's superficial

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and

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artery were clogged. The medical council consisted of eight Yugoslav doctors,

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from the United States and Marat Knyazev from the

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. Following the advice of DeBakey and Knyazev, the medical team attempted an

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. 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

. Moma Martinovic, a director for

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, was summoned by Dragoljub Stavrev, 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

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and in March, his heart and lungs began to fail and in late April, he suffered a

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, 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

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and the Presidency of the

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was held in

starting at 6:00 pm, at which Tito's death was formally declared via a joint statement: After the declaration was read, Stevan Doronjski (

) 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

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, would temporarily take the office of the

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, and that

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, 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 Stevan Doronjski 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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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

, 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, Yugoslav Television often broadcast

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games of the

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. That day, there was a

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match in

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between

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and

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. When the match was in its 41st minute, three men entered the

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pitch, signaling the

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to stop the match. Ante Skataretiko, 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

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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 " Comrade Tito we swear to you, from your path we will never depart" ( 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 second Yugoslavia. 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

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. Tito's funeral drew many statesmen to Belgrade. Two notably absent statesmen were

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and

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. His death came just as the

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had ended the American-Soviet

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. Yugoslavia, though a communist state, was non-aligned during the

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due to the Tito-Stalin split in 1948. After learning that

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chairman

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would lead the

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delegation, the ailing Soviet general secretary

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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

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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

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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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, was highly active at the funeral, meeting with Brezhnev,

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, and

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. 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,

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, and

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. Brezhnev met with

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and Honecker.

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, 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

Milovan Đilas Milovan Djilas (; , ; 12 June 1911 – 30 April 1995) was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well as in the post-war government. A self-identified democrat ...

was welcomed by Jennie Lee, Minister for the Arts under

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...

. 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,

Yasser Arafat Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...

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 Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

. 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

Museum of Yugoslavia The Museum of Yugoslavia ( sr, Музеј Југославије, Muzej Jugoslavije) is a public history museum in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It chronicles the period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Yugoslavia as well as the life of ...

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

Foreign delegations

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State delegations

Heads of state

State delegations of those countries were led by their respective

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Chadli Bendjedid Chadli Bendjedid ( ar, الشاذلي بن جديد; ALA-LC: ''ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd''; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria and an Algerian Nationalist. His presidential term of office ran from 9 February 19 ...

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Mohammed Seddik Benyahia Mohammed Seddik Benyahia or Ben Yahia ( ar, محمد الصديق بن يحيى; January 30, 1932 – May 3, 1982) was an Algerian politician and a militant nationalist during the war in Algeria. After independence he was Minister of Informa ...

(Minister of Foreign Affairs) *:

Rudolf Kirchschläger Rudolf Kirchschläger, GColIH (; 20 March 1915 – 30 March 2000) was an Austrian diplomat, politician and judge. From 1974 to 1986, he served as President of Austria. Early life and education Born in Niederkappel, Upper Austria, Kirschlä ...

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Bruno Kreisky Bruno Kreisky (; 22 January 1911 – 29 July 1990) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1959 to 1966 and as Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldes ...

( Federal Chancellor), Willibald Pahr (

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Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...

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Muhammad Shamsul Haque Muhammad Shamsul Huq ( bn, মুহাম্মদ শামসুল হক; 12 October 1912 – 23 February 2006) was a Bangladeshi academic and minister. He served as an education minister in erstwhile East Pakistan, and became the Minister of ...

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Baudouin,

Wilfried Martens Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens (; 19 April 1936 – 9 October 2013) was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1992. A member of the Flemish Christian People's Party, during his premiership ...

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Henri Simonet Henri François Simonet (10 May 1931 – 15 February 1996) was a Belgian politician. Born in Brussels, Henri Simonet studied law and economics at the ULB and then went to Columbia University as CRB Graduate Fellow. Simonet began his political ...

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Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

Todor Zhivkov Todor Hristov Zhivkov ( bg, Тодор Христов Живков ; 7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the ''de facto'' leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 ...

( Chairman of the State Council) *:

Edward Schreyer Edward Richard Schreyer (born December 21, 1935) is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 22nd since Canadian Confederation. Schreyer was born and educated in Manitoba, and was first electe ...

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Governor General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

Jean Marchand Jean Marchand, (December 20, 1918 – August 28, 1988) was a French Canadian public figure, trade unionist and politician in Quebec, Canada. Life and career During the 1949 Asbestos Strike in Quebec, Marchand led the striking workers as ...

( Speaker of the Senate) *

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Gustáv Husák Gustáv Husák (, , ; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak communist politician of Slovak origin, who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the president o ...

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Miloš Jakeš Miloš Jakeš (12 August 1922 – 10 July 2020) was a Czech communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1987 until 1989. He resigned from his position in late November 1989, amid the Velvet Rev ...

(First Secretary of the

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Bohuslav Chňoupek Bohuslav Chňoupek (August 10, 1925, Petržalka (now part of Bratislava) – May 28, 2004, Prague) was a Czechoslovak politician, journalist and writer. He was one of the most visible representatives of the Communist regime after the defeat of the ...

( Ministers of Foreign Affairs) *

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

Mengistu Haile Mariam Mengistu Haile Mariam ( am, መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማሪያም, pronunciation: ; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian politician and former army officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Work ...

( Chairman of the Derg) *:

Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as Prime Minister ...

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Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Matti Väyrynen (born 2 September 1946) is a Finnish politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament who has represented the Seven Star Movement, the Citizen's Party and Centre Party. He is currently member of Centre Party. Väyryn ...

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Konstantinos Tsatsos Konstantinos D. Tsatsos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Τσάτσος; July 1, 1899 – October 8, 1987) was a Greek diplomat, professor of law, scholar and politician. He served as the second President of the Third Hellenic Republic from 197 ...

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), Agamemnon Gratzios ( Chief of the National Defence General Staff) *:

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was am ...

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Moussa Diakité Moussa Diakité (1927 – 4 July 1985) was a Guinean politician during the presidency of Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was a member of the national Politburo. His wife, Tata Keïta, was half sister of the President's wife Andrée, and his son married t ...

(Foreign minister) *:

Luís Cabral Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral (11 April 1931 – 30 May 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military ''coup d'état'' led by João Bernardo Vieira deposed hi ...

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Constantino Teixeira Constantino Teixeira (died 1988 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo ...

(Commissar of Internal Affairs) *

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János Kádár János József Kádár (; ; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989), born János József Czermanik, was a Hungarian communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health le ...

(General Secretary of the

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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 of Iraq, President), Sa'dun Hammadi (Foreign Minister) *: Patrick Hillery (President of Ireland, President), George Colley (Tánaiste) *: Sandro Pertini (President of Italy, President),

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(Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister), Oddo Biasini (Italian Minister of Culture, Minister of Culture) *: King of Jordan, King Hussein of Jordan, Hussein, Abdelhamid Sharaf (Prime Minister of Jordan, Prime Minister) *: Spyros Kyprianou (President of Cyprus, President), Nicos A. Rolandis (Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Foreign Minister) *:

(General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Eternal leaders of North Korea#Presidency of North Korea before 1994, President), Ho Dam (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea), Foreign Minister), O Jin-u (Ministry of Defence (North Korea), Minister of Defence) * Democratic Kampuchea: Khieu Samphan (List of heads of state of Cambodia, President of the State Presidium and Prime Minister of Cambodia, Prime Minister), Teng Sang (Vice President) **Note: This delegation represented the UN-recognized government of Cambodia (Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Kampuchea), although in 1980 Cambodia was ''de facto'' ruled as the People's Republic of Kampuchea. *: Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Jean (Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Grand Duke), Gaston Thorn (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luxembourg), Foreign Minister and List of deputy prime ministers of Luxembourg, Deputy Prime Minister) *: Moussa Traoré (President of Mali, President), Alioune Blondin Beye (Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mali), Foreign Minister) *: Anton Buttigieg (President of Malta, President) *:

(Leadership of East Germany, General Secretary of the Central Committee and the Chairman of the State Council), Oskar Fischer (politician), Oskar Fischer (Foreign Minister of the GDR, Minister of Foreign Affairs), Manfred Flegel (Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of East Germany, Council of Ministers) *: Karl Carstens (President of Germany, President),

(Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany), Chancellor), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (Foreign Minister of Germany, Foreign Minister) *: King of Norway, King Olav V of Norway, Olav V, Odvar Nordli (Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister) *: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (President of Pakistan, President), Riaz Piracha (Foreign Secretary (Pakistan), Foreign Secretary) *: Aristides Royo (President of Panama, President), Carlos Ozores, Carlos Osores (Minister of Foreign Affairs (Panama), Foreign Minister) *:

(First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party), Wojciech Jaruzelski (Ministry of National Defence (Poland), Minister of National Defence) *: António Ramalho Eanes (President of Portugal, President), Francisco de Sá Carneiro (Prime Minister of Portugal, Prime Minister) * Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania:

(President of Romania, President), Ilie Verdeț (Prime Minister of Romania, Prime Minister), Ștefan Andrei (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Pietro Chiaruzzi and Primo Marani (List of Captains Regent of San Marino, Captains Regent) *:

(General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet), Andrei Gromyko (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union), Ministry of Foreign Affairs) *: King of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, Ola Ullsten (Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Minister for Foreign Affairs) *: Hafez al-Assad (President of Syria, President), Abdul Halim Khaddam (Minister of Foreign Affairs (Syria), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Syria, Deputy Prime Minister) *: Julius Nyerere (President of Tanzania, President), Benjamin Mkapa (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation (Tanzania), Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Gnassingbé Eyadéma (President of Togo, President) * :

(President of Zambia, President), Wilson M. Chakulya (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zambia), Minister of Foreign Affairs)

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: * Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, Burma: Maung Maung Kha (Prime Minister of Burma, Prime Minister) * : Pedro Pires (Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Prime Minister) *:

(Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China, Premier of China), Ji Pengfei (Secretary General of the State Council) *: Hosni Mubarak (Vice President of Egypt, Vice President) *: Raymond Barre (Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister), Jean François-Poncet (Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Joseph W.S. deGraft-Johnson (Vice-President of Ghana, Vice-President), Isaac Chinebuah (Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana), Minister for Foreign Affairs), William Ofori Atta (Government Minister) *: Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister) *: Adam Malik (Vice President of Indonesia, Vice President) *: Masayoshi Ōhira (Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister), Yasure Katoi (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs) * Democratic Republic of Madagascar, Madagascar: Charles Ravoajanakhari (Vice President of the Supreme Revolutionary Council (Madagascar), Supreme Revolutionary Council) * People's Republic of Mongolia, Mongolia: Jambyn Batmönkh (Prime Minister of Mongolia, Prime Minister) *: Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Prince Claus (List of Dutch consorts, Prince consort), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince Bernhard (former List of Dutch consorts, Prince consort), Dries van Agt (Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Prime Minister), Chris van der Klaauw (List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Pedro Richter Prada (Prime Minister of Peru, Prime Minister) *: Adolfo Suárez (Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister), Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, Marcelino Oreja (List of Foreign Ministers of Spain, Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Süleyman Demirel (Prime Minister of Turkey, Prime Minister), Hayrettin Erkmen (List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Foreign Minister) *: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip (List of British consorts, Consort of the Queen),

(Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Lord Carrington (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Foreign Secretary), Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Fitzroy Maclean (wartime British liaison to Yugoslav Partisans, personal friend of Tito) *:

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), Lillian Gordy Carter (mother of President

) and W. Averell Harriman (former Governor of New York (state), New York) *: Qadi Abdel (Vice President) *: Robert Mugabe (Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Prime Minister)

Deputies or foreign ministers

Delegations of those countries were headed by their deputy heads of state, deputy heads of government or their foreign ministers: * Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Afghanistan: Sultan Ali Keshtmand (First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Afghanistan), Council of Ministers), Shah Mohamad Dost (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan), Foreign Minister) *: Andrew Peacock (Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), Minister for Foreign Affairs) *: Gaston Aroas Levi (Chancellor of Bolivia, Chancellor) *: Jose Ferraz de Rosa (Army General, State Minister, and General Chief of Staff), Oto Agripino Maia (Foreign Minister of Brazil, Foreign Minister) *: Jean Keutcha (Minister of Foreign Affairs (Cameroon), Foreign Minister) *: Carlos Rafael Rodríguez (Vice President of the Council of State (Cuba), Council of State), Isidoro Malmierca Peoli (Foreign Minister of Cuba, Foreign Minister) *: Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Henrik (List of Danish consorts, Prince Consort), Kjeld Olesen (Foreign Minister of Denmark, Foreign Minister) *: Ptolemy Reid (Deputy Prime Minister) *: Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran, Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Harold Edward Water (Foreign Minister) *: Enrique Olivares Santana (Secretariat of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior), Luis M. Farías (President of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), President of the Chamber of Deputies) * Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal: Prince Gyanendra of Nepal and K. B. Shahi (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal), Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Ishaya Audu (Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria), Minister of Foreign Affairs), Joseph Wayas (President of the Senate of Nigeria, President of the Senate) *: Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (Foreign Minister) *: Brian Talboys (Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand), Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Jacques Hodoul (Minister for Foreign Affairs (Seychelles), Minister for Foreign Affairs) *: Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (Minister of External Affairs (Sri Lanka), Minister of External Affairs) *: Pierre Aubert (Swiss Foreign Minister, Foreign Minister) *: Thanat Khoman (Deputy Prime Minister) *: Otema Allimadi (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda), Foreign Minister) *: José Zambrano Velasco (List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Minister of Foreign Affairs) *: Huỳnh Tấn Phát (Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, 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), Afonso Van-Dunem (Member of the Central Committee of MPLA) *: Alberto Rodríguez Varela (Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina), Minister of Justice) * People's Republic of Benin, Benin: 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, Minister for Presidency affairs) *: General Mbale (Minister of Internal Affairs) *: Gustavo Balcázar Monzón (Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom) * People's Republic of the Congo, Congo: Jean Ganga Zansou (List of presidents of the National Assembly of the Republic of the Congo, 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 Al-Sabah, Jaber al Ahmad) *: Ali el Khalil (Minister of Finance) *: Robert Kvele Kennedy (Ambassador to Rome, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) * Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Libya: 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) * People's Republic of Mozambique, Mozambique: Marcelino dos Santos (Member of the Central Committee of FRELIMO, 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) *: León María Guerrero III, Leon Ma. Guerrero (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 (Singaporean politician), David Marshall (Ambassador to France) * Democratic Republic of Somalia, Somalia: Ismail Ali Abokor (List of Speakers of the Parliament of Somalia, 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) * Democratic Republic of the Sudan, 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 of the Representatives of the People, President of the Assembly, and Member of the Politburo of the Socialist Destourian Party) and Habib Bourguiba, Jr. *: Tiemoko Marc Garango (Ambassador to West Germany, non-resident Ambassador to Yugoslavia) *: Walter Ravenna (Minister of National Defence) *: Achille Silvestrini (Secretary of the Section for Relations with States (Roman Curia), Council for Public Affairs of the Church) *: Nzondomyo a' Dokpe Lingo (List of Presidents of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President of the National Assembly)

Delegations of parties and organizations

International organizations

*: Chedli Klibi (List of Secretaries General of the Arab League, Secretary-General) * European Parliament: Simone Veil (President of the European Parliament, President) * Council of Europe: Franz Karasek (Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Secretary General) * European Commission: Wilhelm Haferkamp (Vice-President of the European Commission, Vice-President) *: Shridath Ramphal (Commonwealth Secretary-General, Secretary-General) *OECD: Emiel van Lennep (Secretary-General) *: Kurt Waldheim (Secretary-General of the United Nations, Secretary-General), P. N. Dhar *: Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (Director-General)

Liberation movements

* Palestine Liberation Organization:

(Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Chairman) * Polisario Front: Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician), Mohamed Abdelaziz (President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council) * SWAPO: David Meroro (President of the People's Assembly)

Political parties and Trade unions

* Communist Party of Australia: Bernie Taft (Secretary) * Labour Party of Australia: Jane Taggart * Communist Party of Austria: Franz Muhri (president) and Josef Nichel-Vizer (Member of the Central Committee) * Bangladesh Awami League: 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, President of the Socialist International Women) * Communist Party of Chile: Milo Carres Orlando (Member of the Politbureau) * Socialist Party of Chile: 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 (politician), Jørgen Jensen (president), Hans Kloster (member of the Central Committee) * Socialist People's Party (Denmark), Socialist People's Party of Denmark: Gert Petersen (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 (Secretary general) * French Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party: François Mitterrand (First secretary), Lionel Jospin (National Secretary) * French Unified Socialist Party (France), 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: Francois Lissere * People's National Party (Ghana): Nana Okutwer Beko (president) * Communist Party of Greece (Interior): Babis Drakopoulos (Secretary General) * Communist Party of Greece: Charilaos Florakis (Secretary General) * United Democratic Left (Greece): Manolis Glezos * Party of Democratic Socialism (Greece): Yagos Pesmazoglou, Georgios Milonas, Charalambos Protopapas * PASOK: Andreas Papandreou (President) * General Confederation of Greek Workers: 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 (Irish politician), Andy Barr (president) * Communist Party of Italy: Enrico Berlinguer (Secretary General) * Italian Socialist Party: 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): Vito Lattanzio * Japanese Communist Party: Kamejiro Senaga, Sakundo Onuma * Socialist Party of Japan: Tomio Kawahami, Eiji Yasai * African National Congress: N. Kobi * Colombian Communist Party: Alvaro Delgado * Lebanese Communist Party: Nicolas Shawi (Secretary General) * Progressive Socialist Party: Walid Jumblatt (President) * Socialist Union of Popular Forces: Abderahime Buabid (Secretary General) * Party of Progress and Socialism (Morocco): Ali Yata (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 (President, President of the Socialist International) * National Party of Nigeria: Augustus Akinloye (President) * Portuguese Communist Party: Álvaro Cunhal (Secretary General) * Socialist Party (Portugal): Mário Soares (Secretary General) * Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy (Portugal): António Lopes Cardoso (Secretary General) * Sammarinese Communist Party: Umberto Barulli (Secretary General) * Sammarinese Socialist Party: Giuseppe della Balda * Syrian Communist Party: Daniel Neme * Communist Party of Spain: Santiago Carrillo (Secretary General) * Spanish Socialist Workers' Party: Felipe González (Secretary General) * Unión General de Trabajadores (Spain): Anton Valentin * Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Sirimavo Bandaranaike (President) * Swiss Party of Labour: :fr:Jean Vincent (homme politique), Jean Vincent (honorary President) * Progressive Organizations of Switzerland: Georg Degen * Left Party (Sweden), Left Party – the Communists (Sweden): Lars Werner (President), Bo Hammar (member of the Politbureau) * Swedish Social Democratic Party: Sten Andersson (Secretary) * Republican People's Party (Turkey): Bülent Ecevit (President) * Communist Party of Britain: Gordon McLennan (politician), Gordon McLennan (Secretary General) * Labour Party (UK):

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References

External links

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