Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija
Демократска Федеративна Југославија
Demokratična federativna Jugoslavija
1943–1945
Anthem: "Hey, Slavs"
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia in 1945 prior to the Paris Peace Treaties
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia in 1945 prior to the Paris Peace Treaties
StatusCommunist Party of Yugoslavia-dominated government
Capital
and largest city
Belgrade
Official languagesSerbo-Croatian
Slovene
Macedonian[1][2]
Official scriptCyrillic  • Latin
Demonym(s)Yugoslav
Yugoslavian
GovernmentFederal provisional government
National Committee (1943–45)
Constitutional monarchy (1943–1945, de jure)
Chairman of the Presidium of the AVNOJ 
• 1943–1945
Ivan Ribar
King 
• 1943–1945
Peter II
Prime Minister 
• 1943–1945
Josip Broz Tito
LegislatureTemporary National Assembly
Historical eraWorld War II
29 November 1943
16 June 1944
7 March 1945
24 October 1945
• Elections
11 November 1945
29 November 1945
Area
• Total
255,804 km2 (98,766 sq mi)
CurrencyVarious
(1943–1944): Serbian dinar, NDH kuna, Bulgarian lev, Italian lira, Reichsmark
(1944–1945): Yugoslav dinar
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central European Time (CET))
Drives onright
Calling code38
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Independent State of Croatia
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
German occupied territory of Montenegro
Tsardom of Bulgaria
Italian Social Republic
Nazi Germany
Kingdom of Hungary
Albanian Kingdom
Yugoslav government-in-exile
Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, also known as Democratic Federative Yugoslavia (DF Yugoslavia or DFY), was a provisional state established during World War II on 29 November 1943 through the Second Session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ). The National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia (NKOJ) was its original executive body. Throughout its existence it was governed by Marshal Josip Broz Tito as prime minister.

It was recognized by the Allies at the Tehran Conference, along with the AVNOJ as its deliberative body. The Yugoslav government-in-exile of King Peter II in London, partly due to pressure from the United Kingdom,[3] recognized the AVNOJ government with the Treaty of Vis, signed on 16 June 1944 between the prime minister of the government-in-exile, Ivan Šubašić, and Tito.[3] With the Treaty of Vis, the government-in-exile and the NKOJ agreed to merge into a provisional government as soon as possible. The form of the new government was agreed upon in a second Tito–Šubašić agreement signed on 1 November 1944 in the recently liberated Yugoslav capital of Belgrade. DF Yugoslavia became one of the founding members of the United Nations upon the signing of the United Nations Charter in October 1945.

The state was formed to unite the Yugoslav resistance movement to the occupation of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers. The agreement left the issue of whether the state would be a monarchy or a republic intentionally undecided until after the war had ended so the position of head of state was vacant. After the merger of the governments, the state was reformed as a one-party Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia with Josip Broz Tito as Prime Minister and Ivan Šubašić as minister of foreign affairs.

  1. ^ These were the languages specified for the Emblem of Yugoslavia on 17 February 1944.
  2. ^ Tomasz Kamusella. The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 228, 297.
  3. ^ a b Walter R. Roberts. Tito, Mihailović, and the allies, 1941-1945. Duke University Press, 1987. Pp. 288.