after the ottoman empire dissolved, macedonia became a part of the newly formed country yugoslavia. from 1914 to 1941, yugoslavia was a monarchy. during ww2, the axis powers took over yugoslavia. macedonia was taken over by bulgaria. the axis powers left yugoslavia after ww2. after ww2, yugoslavia became a communist state. josip broz tito was the leader of yugoslavia from 1944 to 1980. in 8 september 1991, macedonia became an independent state.