Vladimir Bakarić
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Vladimir Bakarić (; 8 March 1912 – 16 January 1983) was a Yugoslav and Croatian
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revolutionary and a politician.


Political career

Bakarić helped to organise the partisan resistance in the
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during
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. From 1948 to 1969, he was the chairman of the
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and as such was a close collaborator of President
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. Even after stepping down from the top post in communist hierarchy in the
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, he retained much influence and was even considered to be the most influential politician in Croatia. From 1964 to 1974, he was a member of the Council of the Federation, and since 1974 he has been a member of the Presidency of the SFRY, where he served as vice president from May 15, 1975, to May 15, 1976, and was re-elected to that position in May 1982. Together with
Edvard Kardelj Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans, and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II ...
, he belonged to the more liberal wing of the Yugoslav political elite and was known for his statement on the need to "federate the federation" (''federiranje federacije''), a reference to the struggle between Yugoslav unitarists, who advocated giving more powers to the central government, and federalists, who wanted to shift power to the republics. However, Bakarić was usually extremely careful in his public pronouncements on policy and wary of radical statements.


See also

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1912 births 1983 deaths People from Velika Gorica People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia League of Communists of Croatia politicians Members of the Executive Committee of the 6th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Executive Committee of the 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 10th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Executive Bureau of the Presidency of the 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 10th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia members Prime ministers of Croatia Members of the Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Members of the Federal Council for Protection of the Constitutional Order (Yugoslavia) Presidents of the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia Members of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Yugoslav Partisans members Croatian people of World War II Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of National Liberation Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery {{Croatia-politician-stub