General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia | |
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Emblem of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia | |
Appointer | Central Committee |
Formation | April 1919 |
First holder |
Filip Filipović[1] Živko Topalović[1] Vladimir Ćopić[2] |
Final holder | Milan Pančevski<ref "name=pre">President of the Presidency</ref> |
Abolished | 30 June 1990 |
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Generalni Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije) was the head of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, heading the Central Committee of the Party. The holder of the office was, for a significant period, the de facto most influential politician in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Josip Broz Tito was the longest serving holder of the office (from the late 1930s until his death in 1980).
During its history, the official name of the office was changed several times, until it was finally changed on 13 August 1964 from "General Secretary of the Central Committee" to President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Predsednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije).
Between April 1919 and September 1952, the League of Communists of Yugoslavia was named the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
List
Here follows a list of officeholders:
Name | Lifespan | Term of office | Notes | ||||
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Political Secretaries | |||||||
Filip Filipović | 1878–1938 | April 1919 |
June 1920 |
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Živko Topalović | 1886–1972 | ||||||
Organizational Secretary | |||||||
Vladimir Ćopić | 1891–1939 | April 1919 |
June 1920 |
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Presidents of the Central Party Committee | |||||||
Pavle Pavlović | 1888–1971 | June 1920 |
August 1921 |
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Jakov Lastrić | |||||||
Political Secretaries | |||||||
Filip Filipović | 1878–1938 | June 1920 |
August 1921 |
Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. | |||
Sima Marković | 1888–1939 | ||||||
Organizational Secretary | |||||||
Vladimir Ćopić | 1891–1939 | June 1920 |
August 1921 |
Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. | |||
After being banned in 1921, the Alternative Central Party leadership, formed in June 1921, assumed leadership of the Communist Party: | |||||||
Alternative Central Party Leadership | |||||||
Kosta Novaković | 1886–1939 | August 1921 |
July 1922 |
Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. | |||
Triša Kaclerović | 1879–1964 | ||||||
Moša Pijade | 1890–1957 | ||||||
A split in the leadership led to the formation of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration in opposition to the leadership: | |||||||
Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration | |||||||
Sima Marković | 1888–1939 | September 1921 |
July 1922 |
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The factions were reunited at the First State Conference held at Vienna, in July 1922. | |||||||
Secretaries | |||||||
Sima Marković | 1888–1939 | July 1922 |
May 1923 |
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Triša Kaclerović | 1879–1964 | May 1923 |
May 1926 |
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Political Secretary | |||||||
Sima Marković | 1888–1939 | May 1926 |
April 1928 |
Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. | |||
Organizational Secretary | |||||||
Radomir Vujović | 1895–1938 | May 1926 |
April 1928 |
Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. | |||
The Central Committee was deposed in April 1928 by the Comintern and replaced by a temporary leadership. | |||||||
Temporary Leadership | |||||||
Đuro Đaković | 1886–1929 | April 1928 |
November 1928 |
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Political Secretary | |||||||
Jovan Mališić | 1902–1939 | November 1928 |
before 1934 |
Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. | |||
Organizational Secretary | |||||||
Đuro Đaković | 1886–1929 | November 1928 |
25 April 1929 |
Arrested and executed during the 6 January Dictatorship. | |||
Since 1930 the party leadership was in exile in Vienna with no contact to the country until 1934. | |||||||
Political Secretary | |||||||
Milan Gorkić | 1904–1937 | December 1934 |
November 1936 |
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General Secretary | |||||||
Milan Gorkić | 1904–1937 | November 1936 |
23 October 1937 |
Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. | |||
Organizational Secretary | |||||||
Josip Broz Tito | 1892–1980 | November 1936 |
May 1938 |
Since December 1936 present in Yugoslavia. | |||
Temporary Leadership | |||||||
Josip Broz Tito | 1892–1980 | May 1938 |
March 1939 |
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General Secretary | |||||||
Josip Broz Tito | 1892–1980 | March 1939 |
13 August 1964 |
Longest term in office. During his term, in May 1952, the party changed its name from Communist Party of Yugoslavia to League of Communists of Yugoslavia. | |||
Name | Lifespan | Term of office | Representing | Notes | |||
Presidents of the Presidency | |||||||
Josip Broz Tito | 1892–1980 | 13 August 1964 |
4 May 1980 |
N/A | Died in office. | ||
Branko Mikulić | 1928–1994 | 19 October 1978 |
23 October 1979 |
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | Acting for Tito. | ||
Stevan Doronjski | 1919–1981 | 23 October 1979 |
20 October 1980 |
SAP Vojvodina | Acting for Tito until 4 May 1980. | ||
Lazar Mojsov | 1920–2011 | 20 October 1980 |
20 October 1981 |
SR Macedonia | |||
Dušan Dragosavac | 1919– | 20 October 1981 |
29 June 1982 |
SR Croatia | |||
Mitja Ribičič | 1919–2013 | 29 June 1982 |
30 June 1983 |
SR Slovenia | |||
Dragoslav Marković | 1920–2005 | 30 June 1983 |
26 June 1984 |
SR Serbia | |||
Ali Shukriu | 1919–2005 | 26 June 1984 |
25 June 1985 |
SAP Kosovo | |||
Vidoje Žarković | 1927–2000 | 25 June 1985 |
28 June 1986 |
SR Montenegro | |||
Milanko Renovica | 1928–2013 | 28 June 1986 |
30 June 1987 |
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
Boško Krunić | 1929– | 30 June 1987 |
30 June 1988 |
SAP Vojvodina | |||
Stipe Šuvar | 1936–2004 | 30 June 1988 |
17 May 1989 |
SR Croatia | Šuvar resigned from his party offices after being appointed as the Croat representative to the Presidency of Yugoslavia on 15 May 1989. | ||
Milan Pančevski | 1935– | 17 May 1989 |
30 June 1990 |
SR Macedonia | Party dissolved in the aftermath of the 14th (extraordinary) Congress. | ||
See also
- League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
- List of Deputy Heads of State of Yugoslavia
- Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
- Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
- List of Presidents of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia