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The 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia' (Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian (Cyrillic only): ''Socijalistička federativna republika Jugoslavija'' or ''Социјалистичка федеративна република Југославија''; Slovenian: ''Socialistična federativna republika Jugoslavija'') was the Yugoslav state that existed from the end of World War II (1945) until it was formally dissolved in 1992 (''de facto'' dissolved in 1991 with no leaders representing it) amid the Yugoslav wars. It was a communist state that comprised the area of the present-day independent states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. In 1992, the two remaining states still committed to a union, Serbia and Montenegro, formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was officially recognized as the successor of the SFRY by the international community in 2000.
Formed from the remains of the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the country was proclaimed in 1943 and named 'Democratic Federal Yugoslavia'. In 1946, it became the 'Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia'^[1] and in 1963 the 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'.
Under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia pursued a policy of neutrality during the Cold War and became one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement.

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