11 Facts About Jovanka Broz

Jovanka Broz was the First Lady of Yugoslavia as the wife of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito.

Jovanka Broz was a lieutenant colonel in the Yugoslav People's Army.

Jovanka Broz was married to Tito from 1952 until his death in 1980.

Jovanka Broz joined the Yugoslav Partisans shortly thereafter, at the age of 17.

Former JNA General Marjan Kranjc says Jovanka Broz was assigned to the Marshal as early as 1945 as part of the personnel that checked his food and overall cleanliness for the purpose of preventing disease.

Jovanka Broz was a woman deep in the process of comprehending Tito as a man, while increasingly and devotedly falling in love with him.

Jovanka Broz was resigned to burn out or fade away, unknown and unrecognized if need be, next to the divine man about whom she dreamt and to whom she could only belong now that he has chosen her.

Ivo Eterovic, a writer and photographer with unprecedented decades-long access to Yugoslavia's ruling couple, stated "the main culprits for the Tito-Jovanka Broz split are that pig Stane Dolanc and General Nikola Ljubicic".

Jovanka Broz had practically no human rights for 30 years.

Jovanka Broz was hospitalized on 23 August 2013, and died from a heart attack in a Belgrade hospital on 20 October 2013, aged 88.

Jovanka Broz was buried in the House of Flowers mausoleum near her husband's grave.