8th Central Committee | |
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13 December 1964 – 11 March 1969 (4 years, 88 days) Overview | |
Type | Highest organ |
Election | 8th Congress |
Members | |
Total | 155 members |
Newcomers | 73 members (8th) |
Old | 82 members (7th) |
Reelected | 37 members (10th) |
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.
Meeting | Date | Length | Ref. |
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1st Session | 13 December 1964 | 1 day | [1] |
2nd Session | 17 June 1965 | 1 day | [2] |
3rd Session | 25–26 February & 11 March 1966 | 3 days | [3] |
4th Session | 1 July 1966 | 1 day | [4] |
5th Session | 4 October 1966 | 1 day | [5] |
6th Session | 10 January 1967 | 1 day | [6] |
7th Session | 1 July 1967 | 1 day | [7] |
8th Session | 23 November 1967 | 1 day | [8] |
9th Session | 16 July 1968 | 1 day | [9] |
10th Session | 23 August 1968 | 1 day | [10] |
11th Session | 2 December 1968 | 1 day | [11] |
12th Session | 5 February 1969 | 1 day | [12] |
The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Serbia (LCS), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (SRS) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the LCS 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 SRS Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the LCS Central Committee. The 8th LCS 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 Kosovo (LKK), the ruling party of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (SAPK) of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The LKK was the provincial organisation of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) in Kosovo. Party rules stipulated that the LKK Provincial 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 SAPK Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Executive Committee of the LKK Provincial Committee. The 13th LKK Provincial Conference instituted a one-year term limits for officeholders.
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 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.
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 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1958, and was in session until the gathering of the 8th Congress in 1964.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 6th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1952, and was in session until the convocation of the 7th Congress in 1958.
This electoral term of the Central Committee was elected by the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1948, and was in session until the gathering of the 6th Congress in 1952.
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.
This electoral term of the Presidency was elected by the 1st Session of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1982, and was in session until the gathering of the 13th Congress in 1986.
This electoral term of the Presidency was elected by the 1st Session of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1986, and was in session until the end of the 14th Congress on 26 May, but that congress opted instead to elect the Committee for the Preparation of the Democratic and Programmatic Renewal rather than another electoral term of the presidency.
This electoral term of the Central Auditing Commission was elected by the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1948, and was in session until the gathering of the 6th Congress in 1952.
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.