This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) in 1986, and was in session until the election of the Committee for the Preparation of the Democratic and Programmatic Renewal (CPDPR) by the 14th Congress on 26 May 1990. The CPDPR failed to convene the 15th LCY Congress and dissolved itself on 22 January 1991, marking the official dissolution of the LCY.
The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Croatia (LCC), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (SRC) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the LCC Central Committee elected the president. Moreover, the Central Committee was empowered to remove the president. The president served ex officio as a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) and of the SRC Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the LCC Central Committee. The 9th LCC Congress instituted a two-year term limits for officeholders.
The office of leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) was first established on 23 April 1919 under the name "Secretary of the Central Committee". However, in reality, power in this period was shared in a collective leadership with the "Technical Secretary of the Central Committee". When the office of political secretary changed its name on 8 December 1936 to "General Secretary of the Central Committee", the position became more powerful. It kept that name until its abolishment on 4 October 1966, when it was replaced by the "President of the Central Committee". This office lasted until 15 March 1969, when it was replaced by the office of the president of the LCY. Upon the death of Josip Broz Tito, the office of president of the LCY Central Committee was replaced with the "President of the Presidency of the LCY Central Committee". This office lasted a decade. With several branches having already left the LCY, the remaining members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress established the office of "Coordinator of the Presidency of the Central Committee" on 23 May 1990. Three days later, on 26 May, the 14th Congress reconvened and elected a provisional leadership, with the leader holding the office of "Chairman of the Committee for the Preparation of the Congress of Democratic and Programmatic Renewal of the Central Committee". For most of its existence, the officeholder was the de facto leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Vojvodina (LCV), the ruling party of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (SAPV) of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The LCV was the provincial organisation of the League of Communists of Serbia (LCS) in Vojvodina. Party rules stipulated that the LCV Central Committee elected the president. Moreover, the Central Committee was empowered to remove the president. The president served ex officio as a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) and of the SAPV Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the LCV Executive Committee of the LCV Provincial Committee.
The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Montenegro (LCM), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro (SRM) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the LCM Central Committee elected the president. Moreover, the Central Committee was empowered to remove the president. The president served ex officio as a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) and of the SRM Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the LCM Central Committee. The 8th LCM Congress instituted a two-year term limits for officeholders.
The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (LCBM), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SRBM) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the LCBM Central Committee elected the president. Moreover, the Central Committee was empowered to remove the president. The president served ex officio as a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) and of the SRBM Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the LCBM Central Committee. The 8th LCBM Congress instituted a two-year term limits for officeholders.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1978, and was in session until the convocation of the 12th Congress in 1982.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1982, and was in session until the convocation of the 13th Congress in 1986.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 10th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1974, and was in session until the gathering of the 12th Congress in 1978. The preceding electoral term of the LCY Central Committee was elected by the 8th Congress, and served from 1964 to 1969. The 9th Congress had opted to replace the Central Committee with a new organ, the Conference of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which existed from 1969 until 1974, when the 10th Congress reestablished the Central Committee.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1964, and was in session until the convocation of the 9th Congress in 1969. That congress opted to abolish the Central Committee and replace it with the Conference of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which existed until 1974 when the 10th Congress re-established the Central Committee.
This electoral term of the Executive Committee was elected by the 1st Session of the Central Committee of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia on 13 December 1964, and was in session until the 5th Session on 4 October 1966, which abolished it and replaced it with a new body: Presidency of the Party Central Committee. The Presidency was in session until the gathering of the 9th Congress in 1969.
This electoral term of the Presidency was elected by the 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1969, and was in session until the gathering of the 10th Congress in 1974. At its 1st Session, the Presidency established the Executive Bureau, which consisted ex officio of the President of the Party Central Committee, two representatives from each republic and one representative from each autonomous province.
This electoral term of the Presidency was elected by the 1st Session of the Central Committee of the 10th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1974, and was in session until the gathering of the 11th Congress in 1978.
This electoral term of the Presidency was elected by the 1st Session of the Central Committee of the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1978, and was in session until the gathering of the 12th Congress in 1982.
The secretary was the highest administrative leader of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY). The officeholder was elected by and answerable to the SKS Presidency.
The secretary was the highest administrative leader of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Vojvodina (SKV), the ruling party of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (SAPV) of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY). The officeholder was elected by and answerable to the SKV Presidency.
The secretary was the highest administrative leader of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY). The officeholder was elected by and answerable to the SK BiH Presidency.
The leadership, consisting of the president and the secretary of the Presidency, led the work of the Committee of the League of Communists Organisation in the Yugoslav People's Army (LCY–YPA), the party organisation of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) in the military. The president served ex officio as a member of the LCY Presidency and of the LCY Central Committee. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the LCY–YPA Presidency.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 2nd Congress of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1954, and was in session until the gathering of the 3rd Congress in 1959.
This electoral term of the Executive Bureau of the Presidency was elected by the 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1969, and was in session until the gathering of the 10th Congress in 1974.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 5th Congress of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1969, and was in session until the gathering of the 6th Congress in 1974.