President of the League of Communists of Serbia

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President of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbo-Croatian: Predsednik Saveza komunista Srbije
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Stevan Kragujevic, Jovan Veselinov, osamdesetih godina.JPG
Longest serving
Jovan Veselinov

30 March 1957 – 4 November 1966
Type Party leader
Member of LCY Presidency and SRS Presidency
Appointer LCS Central Committee
Term length One year, renewable once
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrument LCY Charter & LCS Charter
Formation12 May 1945
First holder Blagoje Nešković
Final holder Bogdan Trifunović
Abolished16 July 1990

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.

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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 Serbia", established after the founding of the LCY in 1919. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Central Committee. On 8 May 1945, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Serbia. On 12 May, the Central Committee of the 1st Congress elected Blagoje Nešković as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Serbia". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Serbian republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Serbia. 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 LCS Central Committee convened a meeting on 4 November 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Serbian party leader. The 9th LCS Congress introduced another set of reforms on 29 May 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 Serbia". This office was retained until 30 June 1990, when the party changed its name to the Socialist Party of Serbia on 17 July 1990.

Office history

TitleEstablishedAbolishedEstablished byRef.
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Serbia
Serbo-Croatian : Секретар Покрајинског комитета Комунистичке партије Југославије за Србију
23 April 191912 May 1945 1st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists) [1]
Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbo-Croatian: Секретар Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије
12 May 19454 November 1966 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Serbia [1]
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbo-Croatian: Председник Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије
4 November 196629 May 1982 ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress [2]
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbo-Croatian: Председник Председништва Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије
29 May 198217 July 1990 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Serbia [3]

Officeholders

Provincial

Secretaries of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Serbia
No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTenureBirthPMDeathRef.
1 Profile placeholder.png Ljuba Radovanović UnclearFebruary 1929Unclear188719191964 [4]
2 Profile placeholder.png Bracan Bracanović February 1929August 1929181 days189319231929 [5]
3 Otokar Kersovani.jpg Otokar Keršovani 192919301 year, 0 days190219281941 [6]
4 Petko Miletitsh.png Petko Miletić 193019322 years, 0 days189719201939 [7]
5 Blagoje Parovic crop.jpg Blagoje Parović November 193330 September 1934333 days190319231937 [8]
6 Profile placeholder.png Trajko Stamenković 30 September 1934November 19351 year, 32 days190919281942 [9]
7 Aleksandar Rankovic (1).jpg Aleksandar Ranković May 193711 September 19414 years, 133 days190919281983 [10]
8 Blagoje Neskovic.jpg Blagoje Nešković 11 September 194112 May 19453 years, 243 days190719351984 [11]

Republican

Presidents of the League of Communists of Serbia
No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTenure Term of office BirthPMDeathRef.
1 Blagoje Neskovic.jpg Blagoje Nešković 12 May 194521 January 19493 years, 254 days 1st
(1945–1949)
190719351984 [11]
2 Stevan Kragujeivic, Petar Stambolic.JPG Petar Stambolić 21 January 194929 April 19575 years, 98 days 2nd3rd
(1949–1959)
191219352007 [12]
3 Stevan Kragujevic, Jovan Veselinov, osamdesetih godina.JPG Jovan Veselinov 30 March 19574 November 19669 years, 219 days 3rd5th
(1959–1968)
190619231982 [13]
4 Dobrivoje Radosavljevic.jpg Dobrivoje Radosavljević 4 November 196619 January 19681 year, 76 days 5th
(1965–1968)
191519331984 [14]
2 Stevan Kragujeivic, Petar Stambolic.JPG Petar Stambolić 19 January 196823 November 1968309 days 5th
(1965–1968)
191219352007 [15]
5 Marko Nikezic (2).jpg Marko Nikezić 23 November 196825 October 19723 years, 337 days 6th
(1968–1974)
192119401991 [16]
6 Profile placeholder.png Tihomir Vlaškalić 26 October 197229 May 19829 years, 215 days 6th8th
(1968–1982)
192319451993 [17]
7 Dusan Ckrebic (politicar) (cropped).jpg Dušan Čkrebić 29 May 198217 May 19841 year, 354 days 9th
(1982–1986)
192719452022 [18]
8 Ivan Stambolic (cropped).jpg Ivan Stambolić 17 May 198431 May 19862 years, 14 days 9th
(1982–1986)
193619542000 [19]
9 Stevan Kragujevic, Slobodan Milosevic, portret.jpg Slobodan Milošević 31 May 198624 May 19892 years, 358 days 10th
(1986–1990)
194119592006 [20]
10 Bogdan Trifunovic.jpg Bogdan Trifunović 24 May 198917 July 19901 year, 54 days 10th
(1986–1990)
193319502007 [21]

References

  1. 1 2 Hronologija 3 1980, p. 351.
  2. Hronologija 3 1980, p. 128.
  3. "Završen Deveti kongres SK Srbije: Odlučno u akciju" [The Ninth Congress of the SK of Serbia is over: Resolutely into action]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 31 May 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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  5. Tito et al. 1980, p. 144.
  6. Tito et al. 1980, p. 152.
  7. Tito et al. 1980, p. 157.
  8. Morača et al. 1979, p. 33.
  9. Tadić 1968, p. 239.
  10. Zalar 1961, p. 368.
  11. 1 2 "Благоје Нешковић (1907-1984):политичка биографија" [Blagoje Neskovic (1907-1984):political biography] (in Serbian). National Repository of Dissertations in Serbia. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  12. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 582; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1108; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 75.
  13. "Веселинов Јован" [Veselinov, Jovan] (in Serbian). Serbian National Theatre. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  14. Staff writer 1953, p. 409; Hronologija 3 1980, pp. 260 & 275.
  15. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 582; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1108; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 275.
  16. Stroynowski 1989b, p. 847; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 287 & 341; Pirjevec 2018, p. 388.
  17. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 663; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1266; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 341, 366 & 420.
  18. "Preminuo Dušan Čkrebić" [Dušan Čkrebić passed away] (in Bosnian). Banjaluka.net. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  19. Partos, Gabriel (29 March 2003). "Ivan Stambolic". The Independent . Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  20. Allcock, John B. "Slobodan Milošević: president of Yugoslavia". Britannica Encyclopaedia . Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  21. "Vremeplov (28. decembar 2016)" [Time machine (December 28, 2016)] (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. 28 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

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