Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Maribor ya zama wani ɓangare na SR Slovenia, a cikin SFR Yugoslavia. Babban tsari na sabuntawa da sake ginawa ya fara a cikin birni. Ba da daɗewa ba Maribor ta zama cibiyar masana'antu ta Slovenia da Yugoslavia gaba ɗaya, tana karɓar bakuncin sanannun kamfanoni kamar masana'antar kera motoci ta Maribor da sauransu. Rikici na farko tsakanin Sojojin Jama'ar Yugoslav da Tsaron Yankin Slovenia a cikin yakin neman 'yancin kai na Slovenia
ya faru a kusa da Pekre kuma a kan titunan Maribor wanda ya haifar da rikice-rikice na farko. Bayan Slovenia ta rabu da Yugoslavia a 1991, asarar kasuwar Yugoslavia ta yi matukar wahalar da tattalin arzikin garin, wanda ya dogara da masana'antu mai nauyi. Birnin ya ga rikodin rashin aikin yi na kusan kashi 25%.