President of the League of Communists of Montenegro

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President of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Saveza komunista Crne Gore
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Longest serving
Blažo Jovanović

7 October 1948 – 29 June 1963
Type Party leader
Member of LCY Presidency and SRM Presidency
Appointer Central Committee
Term length Two years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrument LCY Charter & LCM Charter
Formation7 October 1948
First holder Blažo Jovanović
Final holder Momir Bulatović
Abolished22 June 1991

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.

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The office traces its lineage back to the office of "Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Montenegro," established on 4 April 1920. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Central Committee. On 4 October 1948, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Montenegro. On 7 October, the Central Committee of the 1st Congress elected Blažo Jovanović as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Montenegro". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Montenegrin republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Montenegro. 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 LCM Central Committee convened a meeting later in 1966 in which the office of secretary was abolished, and the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro" was formed. The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Montenegrin party leader. The 8th LCM Congress introduced another set of reforms on 1 July 1982, which abolished the existing office and replaced it with the "President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro". This office was retained until 22 June 1991, when the party changed its name to the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro.

Office history

TitleEstablishedAbolishedEstablished by
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian : Sekretar Pokrajinskog komiteta Komunističke partije Jugoslavije za Crne Gore
23 April 19192 August 1937 1st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists)
Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian: Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore
2 August 193714 November 1966 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Montenegro
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore
14 November 19661 July 19827th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore
1 July 198224 February 1991 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Montenegro

Officeholders

Provincial

Secretaries of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Montenegro
No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft office Term of office BirthPMDeathRef.
1 Jovan Tomasevic.JPG Jovan Tomašević 4 April 192024 February 19243 years, 326 days189219191924 [1]
2 Profile placeholder.png Stanko Dragojević 24 February 1924Late 1924281 days189319191933 [2]
3 Profile placeholder.png Aleksa Pavićević Late 1924November 19251 year, 203 days18961919 ? [3]
4 Nikola Kovacevic, politicar.jpg Nikola Kovačević November 192520 February 19282 years, 111 days189019201964 [4]
5 Profile placeholder.png Nisa Milanović 21 October 192831 July 1929283 days18941920 ? [5]
6 Adolf muk.png Adolf Muk July 1930October 193092 days189319191943 [6]
7 Profile placeholder.png Božo Ljumović October 193230 August 19341 year, 333 days189619191986 [7]
8 Profile placeholder.png Nikola Lekić 30 August 1934July 19361 year, 306 days190919311941 [8]
7 Profile placeholder.png Božo Ljumović 9 August 194019421 year, 296 days190719241976 [7]
9 Blazo Jovanovic.jpg Blažo Jovanović May 19437 October 19485 years, 159 days190719241976 [9]

Republican

Presidents of the League of Communists of Montenegro
No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTenure Term of office BirthPMDeathRef.
1 Blazo Jovanovic.jpg Blažo Jovanović 7 October 194829 June 196314 years, 265 days 1st3rd
(1948–1965)
190719241976 [9]
2 Dordije Pajkovic.jpg Đorđije Pajković 29 June 196314 December 19685 years, 168 days 3rd4th
(1959–1968)
191719361980 [10]
3 Veselin Duranovic.jpg Veselin Đuranović 14 December 196821 March 19778 years, 97 days 5th6th
(1968–1978)
192519441997 [11]
4 Vojislav Srzentic.jpg Vojislav Srzentić 21 March 19771 July 19825 years, 102 days 6th7th
(1974–1982)
19341952Alive [12]
5 Dobroslav Culafic.jpg Dobroslav Ćulafić 1 July 1982May 19841 year, 305 days 8th
(1982–1986)
192619442011 [13]
6 Vidoje Zarkovic.jpg Vidoje Žarković May 198430 July 198490 days 8th
(1982–1986)
192719432000 [14]
7 Marko Orlandic (cropped).jpg Marko Orlandić 30 July 198423 April 19861 year, 267 days 8th
(1982–1986)
193019482019 [15]
8 Miljan Radovic.jpg Miljan Radović 23 April 198612 January 19892 years, 264 days 9th
(1986–1989)
193319512015 [16]
9 Profile placeholder.png Veselin Vukotić 12 January 198926 April 1989104 days 9th
(1986–1989)
1949 ?Alive [17]
10 Montenegrin Defense Minister Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic Sept. 7, 2012 120907-D-NI589-113 .jpg Milica Pejanović 26 April 198928 April 19892 days 9th
(1986–1989)
1959 ?Alive [18]
11 Momir Bulatovic (cropped).jpg Momir Bulatović 28 April 198922 June 19912 years, 55 days 10th
(1989–1991)
1956 ?2019 [19]

References

  1. Djukanović 2023, pp. 364–365; Hronologija 1 1980, p. 87.
  2. Ćetković, Borivoje. "Vatreni borac za slobodu, istinu i socijalnu pravdu" [A fiery fighter for freedom, truth and social justice]. Dan (in Montenegrin). Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. Hronologija 1 1980, p. 151.
  4. Hronologija 1 1980, p. 165; Parliament of Montenegro 2023.
  5. Tito 1982a, p. 301; Hronologija 1 1980, pp. 172 & 203.
  6. Tito 1980, p. 158; Hronologija 1 1980, p. 203.
  7. 1 2 Vukićević 2021, p. 130; Hronologija 1 1980, p. 203.
  8. Tito 1982b, p. 305; Hronologija 1 1980, p. 220.
  9. 1 2 Staff writer 1966, p. 234.
  10. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 456.
  11. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 127; Stroynowski 1989a, p. 244.
  12. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 581; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1105.
  13. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 113; Stroynowski 1989a, p. 206.
  14. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 696; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1342.
  15. "Preminuo Marko Orlandić" [Marko Orlandić passed away] (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  16. Stroynowski 1989b, p. 968.
  17. "Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 – An Austrian in the Balkans" (in German and English). Hayek Institut. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  18. Morrison 2018, p. 37.
  19. Morrison 2018, p. 37; Djukanović 2023, p. 57.

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