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| 1965 |
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| The government relaxed various controls over the economic life of the country. This tendency to abandon the system of strict regulation and approach the principles and practices of a free economy was later continued, though with some caution. Workers' councils were developed to maintain social responsibility and some democracy in key economic units. | 1 |
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| 1966, July |
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| Ouster of Vice President Aleksander Rankovic, alleged to have opposed the liberalizing tendencies. The office of vice president was abolished and its functions assigned to the president of the Federal Assembly. | 2 |
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| 1967, April |
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| Constitutional amendments tended to strengthen the parliamentary system and expand the powers of the six local republics that constituted the federal state. | 3 |
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| 1968, Dec |
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| Further constitutional changes laid greater emphasis on the Chamber of Nationalities and the federal structure of the country. | 4 |
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| 1969, Jan |
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| A new electoral law permitted voters to reject the candidates on the official party list and to propose candidates of their own. This was simply the latest evidence of Yugoslavia's gradual evolution in a somewhat more pronounced liberal, democratic direction. In the world at large, Marshal Tito had over the years made himself a leader of the nonaligned and anticolonial states (See 1962–75). He traveled widely and established close relations with President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic and with India, and enjoyed much prestige throughout Africa. | 5 |
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| 1970, Dec. 29 |
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| Death, in exile, of former king Peter. | 6 |
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| 1971, June 30 |
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| The Federal Assembly adopted constitutional amendments that limited the powers of the federal government, increased powers for republics comprising the federation, and established a Collective State Presidency of 22 members, in which all the republics were equally represented. | 7 |
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| July 30 |
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| Dzemal Bijedich replaced Mitja Ribichich as premier of the federal government. | 8 |
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