President of the League of Communists of Kosovo

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President of the League of Communists of Kosovo
Albanian: Kryetar i Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës
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Type Party leader
Member of LCY Presidency and SAPK Presidency
Appointer LKK Provincial Committee
Term length Two years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrument LCY Charter & LKK Charter
Formation25 July 1937
First holder Miladin Popović
Final holder Rahman Morina
Abolished17 July 1990

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.

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The office traces its lineage back to the office of "Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo and Metohija", established on 25 July 1937 and elected Miladin Popović to head the Kosovo branch. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Central Committee. The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Kosovo branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Kosovo. On 4 October 1966, the 5th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the LCY 8th Congress abolished the office of General Secretary at the national level and replaced with the office of President. The SKS Central Committee convened a meeting in 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the provincial branches of Kosovo and Vojvodina and gave more powers to the LKK party leader. The 13th LKK Conference introduced another set of reforms on 26 April 1982, which abolished the existing office and replaced it with the "President of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo". This office was retained until 17 July 1990, when the League of Communists of Serbia changed its name to the "Socialist Party of Serbia".

Office history

TitleEstablishedAbolishedEstablished by
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo and Metohija
Albanian : Sekretar i Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës dhe Metohisë		25 July 19371966 Central Committee of the 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
President of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo
Albanian: Kryetar i Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës		196626 April 1982 ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress
President of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo
Albanian: Kryetar i Kryesisë së Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës		26 April 198217 July 1990 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Macedonia

Officeholders

Presidents of the League of Communists of Kosovo
No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenure Term of office BirthPMDeathNationalityRef.
1 Miladin Popović 25 July 1937December 1937129 days 1st
(1937–1939)		191019341945 Montenegrin [1]
2 Petar Radović December 1937August 1938243 days 1st
(1937–1939)		190719311944 Montenegrin [2]
3 Miladin Popović September 1939July 19411 year, 303 days 2nd
(1939–1945)		191019341945 Montenegrin [1]
4 Boro Vukmirović July 1941April 19431 year, 274 days 2nd
(1939–1945)		191219331943 Montenegrin [3]
5 Pavle Jovićević April 194315 October 19441 year, 197 days 2nd
(1939–1945)		191019381985 Montenegrin [4]
6 Miladin Popović 15 October 194413 March 1945149 days 2nd
(1939–1945)		191019341945 Montenegrin [1]
7 Đorđije Pajković 23 March 1945February 195610 years, 315 days 3rd–10th
(1945–1956)		191719361980 Montenegrin [5]
8 Dušan Mugoša February 195616 June 1956136 days 10th
(1954–1956)		191419341973 Montenegrin [6]
9 Veli Deva 16 June 195628 June 197115 years, 12 days 7th–10th
(1956–1974)		192319422015 Albanian [7]
10 Mahmut Bakalli 28 June 19715 May 19819 years, 311 days 10th–12th
(1968–1982)		193619572006 Albanian [8]
11 Veli Deva 5 May 198126 April 1982356 days 12th
(1978–1982)		192319422015 Albanian [7]
12 Sinan Hasani 26 April 1982May 19831 year, 5 days 13th
(1982–1986)		192219422010 Albanian [9]
13 Ilaz Kurteshi May 198318 May 19841 year, 17 days 13th
(1982–1986)		192719492016 Albanian [10]
14 Svetislav Dolašević 18 May 1984May 1985348 days 13th
(1982–1986)		192619451995 Serb [11]
15 Kolë Shiroka May 198529 April 1986363 days 13th
(1982–1986)		192219411994 Albanian [12]
16 Azem Vllasi 29 April 198627 April 19881 year, 364 days 14th
(1986–1989)		19481965Alive Albanian [13]
17 Kaqusha Jashari 27 April 198817 November 1988204 days 14th
(1986–1989)		19461975Alive Albanian [14]
18 Remzi Kolgeci 17 November 198827 January 198971 days 14th
(1986–1989)		1947 ?2011 Albanian [15]
19 Rahman Morina 27 January 198917 July 19901 year, 171 days 15th
(1989–1990)		1943 ?1990 Albanian [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Elsie 2011, p. 219.
  2. ↑ Tito 1977, p. 368.
  3. ↑ Tito 1977, p. 352.
  4. ↑ Tito 1982c, p. 341.
  5. ↑ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 456.
  6. ↑ Staff writer 1965, p. 2193.
  7. 1 2 Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 124; Stroynowski 1989a, p. 235.
  8. ↑ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 39; Stroynowski 1989a, pp. 44–45.
  9. ↑ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 723; Stroynowski 1989a, p. 406.
  10. ↑ Stroynowski 1989b, p. 651.
  11. ↑ Stroynowski 1989a, p. 250.
  12. ↑ Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1075.
  13. ↑ Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1266.
  14. ↑ Elsie 2011, pp. 142–143.
  15. ↑ Štěpánek 2016, p. 274.
  16. ↑ Elsie 2011, p. 193.

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