Leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

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Leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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Longest serving
Josip Broz Tito

5 January 1939 – 4 May 1980
Seat Ušće Towers, Belgrade
(1965–91)
Appointer Central Committee (1919–80)
Presidency (1980–90)
Formation23 April 1919
First holder Filip Filipović
Final holder Miroslav Ivanović
Abolished22 January 1991

The office of leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) was first established on 23 April 1919 under the name "Political Secretary of the Central Committee". However, in reality, power in this period was shared in a collective leadership with the "Organisational Secretary of the Central Committee". When the office of political secretary changed its name in November 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 4 May 1980, when Tito died and was replaced with the "President of the Presidency of the Central Committee". 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". Three days later, on 26 May, the 14th Congress rejourned 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". The officeholder was the de facto leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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Institutional history

The founding congress of the LCY, held on 20–23 April 1919, established the offices of political and organisational secretary. [1] The office of political secretary gradually evolved into the general secretary until it was formalised in late 1936. [2] The general secretary presided over the work of the politburo, the party's political organ, and led the work of the secretariat, the party's executive organ. The most powerful members of the politburo concurrently served as members of the secretariat. [3] The four secretaries that made up the secretariat (Tito, Aleksandar Ranković, Edvard Kardelj and Milovan Djilas) had considerable informal influence on the politburo. They would often decide on policies before meetings and get the politburo to rubber stamp them. [4] Tito, as general secretary, had considerable influence over the selection of the composition of the central committee and its politburo. [5] During the 1940s, Tito, the sitting general secretary, began abrogating the responsibilities of the politburo and centralised power in his own hands. According to Ranković, a member of both the politburo and the secretariat, exchanges between the Yugoslav party and its counterparts in Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland and the Soviet Union were hidden from the politburo. Upon asking Tito at a politburo session to publicise this information to the gathered attendees, Tito responded, "I am the [general secretary] of the party. I have the right to decide what to tell you and the others." [6] These power relations remained intact until the dissolution of the secretariat in 1966. [7]

The 5th Session of the Central Committee of the 8th Congress, held on 4 October 1966, abolished the general secretary and the executive committee and replaced them with the office of president of the LCY Central Committee and the LCY Presidency. [7] The 9th LCY Congress, held on 11–15 March 1969, adopted a statute formalising the role of the LCY president. It was the responsibility of the president of the LCY to direct the work of the presidency as well as to convene and preside over its meetings. During sessions of the presidency, the conference and at the congress, the LCY president had the right to raise questions. Up until the election of the working presidency, the LCY president was responsible for inaugurating and presiding over the congress and conference. It was the incumbent's responsibility to maintain communication with the LCY republican branches, to represent the LCY abroad, and to present and defend the LCY's policies and practices. [8] The statute adopted at the 9th LCY Congress stated that the president was elected by the congress and was responsible to it, the conference, and the presidency. [9] At the 10th Congress of the LCY, held on 27–30 May 1974, Tito was elected to serve an unlimited term as the LCY president by the 1st Session of the 10th Central Committee. This decision was later re-confirmed by the 11th LCY Congress, held on 20–23 June 1978, and the decision was incorporated into the party statute. [10] Despite serving an unlimited term, Tito as LCY president remained accountable to the LCY Central Committee. [11]

At the 2nd Conference on 25–27 January 1972, the office of "Secretary of the Executive Bureau of the Presidency of the Central Committee" was established, with the Slovene Stane Dolanc as its first officeholder, and two years before Tito's death, on 19 October 1978, the presidency established the office of "Chairman of the Presidency of the Central Committee". [12] The LCY president functioned as the primus inter pares of these three offices, but in the aftermath of Tito's death the LCY Central Committee opted to abolish the office, and rename the chairmanship to president of the presidency. [13] There were no term limits on the office of the LCY president, but the president of the presidency was limited to a one-year term, while the secretary had a two-year term limit. [14] The LCY Presidency elected the president of the presidency from among its members. The elected president of the presidency had to be from a different republic or autonomous province than the secretary of the presidency. [15] The president of the presidency was to preside over the sessions of the presidency, and in conjunction with the presidency secretary, the relevant presidency member in charge of the specific policy area in question and the executive secretaries could set the agenda for sessions of the presidency. [16] Per party rules, the officeholder had to maintain contact with individual presidency members and the presidency as a whole alongside the secretary of the presidency. Only after consulting with individual members and the secretary could the incumbent implement the work programme and decisions adopted by the LCY Central Committee and the presidency. [17] The officeholder was an ex officio member of the state presidency until the party backed constitutional amendments that removed this right. [18] By right of office, the president of the presidency was also a member of the LCY Central Committee delegation to the Conference of the Socialist Alliance of Working People. [19]

At the 26th Session of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress, held on 11 September 1989, Bosnian Croat Ivan Brigić, who led the work on formulating amendments to the party statute at the upcoming 14th Congress, proposed abolishing the presidency and replacing it with a new executive body and the office of president of the presidency and reintroducing the post of president of the LCY Central Committee, who could serve for a two-year term. [20] The 14th Congress, when it first convened on 20–22 January, failed to elect an LCY Central Committee, adopt a new programme and party statute. The sitting president of the presidency, Milan Pančevski, who was originally going to step down at the congress continued to serve until his term expired on 17 May, but no successor was elected to replace him. When the 32nd Session of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress convened on 23 May, it elected Montenegrin presidency member Miomir Grbović as coordinator instead of acting president of the presidency. [21] Three days later, on 26 May, the 14th Congress elected a provisional leadership to convene the 15th LCY Congress. It failed in its task, and on 22 January 1991, it—the last federal organ of the LCY—self-dissolved. [22]

Institutional history of the highest-standing office of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
TitleEstablishedAbolishedEstablished byRef.
Political Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian: Politički sekretar Centralnog komiteta Komunističke partije Jugoslavije
23 April 1919Late 1936 1st Congress [23]
Organisational Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian: Organizacioni sekretar Centralnog komiteta Komunističke partije Jugoslavije
23 April 19191937 1st Congress [1]
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian: Generalni sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije
Late 19364 October 1966 Communist International [24]
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian: Predsednik Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije
4 October 196629 June 19825th Session of the 8th Central Committee [7]
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian: Predsednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije
4 May 198017 May 199011th Session of the 11th Central Committee [25]
Coordinator of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian: Koordinator Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije
23 May 199026 May 199032nd Session of the 13th Central Committee [26]
Chairman of the Committee for the Preparation of the Congress of Democratic and Programmatic Renewal of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian: Predsednik Odbora za pripremu kongresa demokratske i programske obnove Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije
26 May 199022 January 1991 14th Extraordinary Congress [27]

Collective leadership (1919–37)

Political Secretary

Political secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeTenure Term BirthPMDeathEthnicityRef.
1 Filip Filipovic.jpg Filip Filipović 23 April 1919August 19212 years, 100 days 1st2nd
(1919–26)
187819191938 Serb [28]
2 Sima Markovic 1938.jpg Sima Marković 192019222 years, 0 days 2nd
(1920–26)
188819191939 Serb [29]
3 Trisa Kaclerovic (1).jpg Triša Kaclerović 192419251 year, 0 days 2nd
(1920–26)
187919191964 Serb [30]
2 Sima Markovic 1938.jpg Sima Marković 22 May 19261927224 days 2nd
(1920–26)
188819191939 Serb [31]
4 Duro Cvijic.jpg Đuro Cvijić 192727 November 19281 year, 331 days 3rd
(1920–26)
189619191938 Croat [32]
5 Jovan malisic.jpg Jovan Mališić 27 November 192819312 years, 35 days 4th
(1928–48)
190219191939 Montenegrin [33]
1 Filip Filipovic.jpg Filip Filipović 193119321 year, 0 days 4th
(1928–48)
187819191938 Serb [34]
6 Milan Gorkic.jpg Milan Gorkić December 193423 October 19372 years, 326 days 4th
(1928–48)
190419191937 Croat [35]

Organisational Secretary

Organisational secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeTenure Term BirthPMDeathEthnicityRef.
1 Vladimir Copic.jpg Vladimir Ćopić 23 April 1919August 19212 years, 100 days 1st2nd
(1919–26)
189119191939 Serb [36]
2 Radomir Vujovic (1895 - 1938), from the Monument to the Vujovic brothers in Pozarevac.jpg Radomir Vujović 22 May 19261927224 days 3rd
(1926–28)
189519251938 Serb [37]
3 Profile placeholder.png Jakob Žorga 192727 November 19281 year, 331 days 3rd
(1926–28)
188819191942 Slovene [38]
4 Duro Dakovic.JPG Đuro Đaković 27 November 1928August 19301 year, 247 days 4th
(1928–48)
188619191929 Croat [39]
5 Mavrak.jpg Antun Mavrak August 1930April 19321 year, 244 days 4th
(1928–48)
189919241938 Croat [40]
6 Josip Broz Tito Bihac 1942.jpg Josip Broz Tito September 19361937122 days 4th
(1928–48)
189219201980 Croat [41]

Officeholders (1939–91)

Leaders of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
No.OfficeholderTook officeLeft officeTenure Term BirthPMDeathBranchEthnicityRef.
1 Josip Broz Tito uniform portrait.jpg Josip Broz Tito 5 January 19394 May 198041 years, 120 days 4th11th
(1928–82)
189219201980Not made public Croat [42]
2 Stevan Doronjski.jpg Stevan Doronjski 4 May 198020 October 1980169 days 11th
(1978–82)
191919391981 Vojvodina Serb [43]
3 Lazar Mojsov (1977 UN photo).jpg Lazar Mojsov 20 October 198020 October 19811 year, 0 days 11th
(1978–82)
192019402011 Macedonia Macedonian [44]
4 Profile placeholder.png Dušan Dragosavac 20 October 198129 June 1982252 days 11th
(1978–82)
191919402014 Croatia Serb [45]
5 Stevan Kragujevic, Mitja Ribicic, Savezna skupstina, 1983 (cropped).jpg Mitja Ribičič 29 June 198230 June 19831 year, 1 day 12th
(1982–86)
191919412013 Slovenia Slovene [46]
6 Draza Markovic crop.jpg Dragoslav Marković 30 June 198326 June 1984362 days 12th
(1982–86)
192019392005 Serbia Serb [47]
7 Profile placeholder.png Ali Šukrija 26 June 198425 June 1985364 days 12th
(1982–86)
191919392005 Kosovo Albanian [48]
8 Vidoje Zarkovic.jpg Vidoje Žarković 25 June 198528 June 19861 year, 3 days 12th
(1982–86)
192719432000 Montenegro Montenegrin [49]
9 Profile placeholder.png Milanko Renovica 28 June 198630 June 19871 year, 2 days 13th
(1986–90)
192819472013 Bosnia-Herzegovina Serb [50]
10 Bosko Krunic (politicar).jpg Boško Krunić 28 June 198730 June 19881 year, 2 days 13th
(1986–90)
192919462017 Vojvodina Serb [51]
11 Profile placeholder.png Stipe Šuvar 30 June 198817 May 1989321 days 13th
(1986–90)
193619552004 Croatia Croat [52]
12 Profile placeholder.png Milan Pančevski 17 May 198917 May 19901 year, 0 days 13th
(1986–90)
193519572019 Macedonia Macedonian [53]
13 Profile placeholder.png Miomir Grbović 17 May 199026 May 19909 days 13th
(1986–90)
19511973Alive Montenegro Montenegrin [54]
14 Profile placeholder.png Miroslav Ivanović
(as chairman)
26 May 199022 January 1991241 days 13th
(1986–90)
1955 ?Alive Montenegro Montenegrin [55]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Pleterski et al. 1985, p. 64.
  2. Vinterhalter 1972, pp. 147–148.
  3. History of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia 1985, pp. 104–106.
  4. Pirjevec 2018, p. 153.
  5. Pirjevec 2018, p. 59.
  6. Pirjevec 2018, pp. 63–64.
  7. 1 2 3 Burg 1983, p. 33; McCrea 1969, p. 172; Johnson 1983, p. 15; Carter 1982, p. 43.
  8. 1969, Article 66 of the "Statute of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia" of the 9th Congress.
  9. 1969, Article 67 of the "Statute of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia" of the 9th Congress.
  10. Staff writer 1974, p. 26655; Staff writer 1978, p. 29236.
  11. Staff writer 1974, p. 26655.
  12. Johnson 1983, p. 21; Stanković 1981, p. 74.
  13. Burg 1983, p. 327.
  14. Burg 1983, p. 317; Stanković 1981, p. 74.
  15. 1982, Article 83 of the "Statute of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia" of the 12th Congress.
  16. Stanković 1981, p. 74.
  17. Stanković 1981, p. 75.
  18. Klemenčič & Žagar 2004, pp. 281–282.
  19. 1982, Article 84 of the "Statute of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia" of the 12th Congress.
  20. Andrejevich 1989, p. 9.
  21. Torov 1990, p. 46.
  22. Vojinović 2001.
  23. Pleterski et al. 1985, p. 64; Vinterhalter 1972, pp. 147–148.
  24. Vinterhalter 1972, pp. 147–148; Burg 1983, p. 33; McCrea 1969, p. 172; Johnson 1983, p. 15; Carter 1982, p. 43.
  25. Johnson 1983, p. 21; Stanković 1981, pp. 74–75.
  26. Staff writer 1990, p. 37463; Torov 1990, p. 46.
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  28. Drachkovitch 1973, pp. 99–100; Morača, Bilandžić & Stojanović 1977, pp. 22–23.
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