President of the League of Communists of Slovenia

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President of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Slovene: Predsednik komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije
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Longest serving
Miha Marinko
June 1946 – 17 October 1966
Type Party leader
Member of LCY Presidency and SRS Presidency
Appointer ZKS Central Committee
Term length Four years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrument LCY Charter & ZKS Charter
Formation18 April 1937
First holder Franc Leskošek
Final holder Ciril Ribičič
Abolished27 October 1990

The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Slovenia (ZKS), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (SRS) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the ZKS 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 ZKS Central Committee. The 8th ZKS 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 Slovenia", 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 17 April 1937, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Slovenia. On 18 April, the Central Committee of the 1st Congress elected Franc Leskošek as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Slovene republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Slovenia. 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 ZKS Central Committee convened a meeting on 17 October 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Slovene party leader. The 9th ZKS Congress introduced another set of reforms on 30 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 Slovenia". This office was retained until 27 October 1990, when the party changed its name to the "League of Communists of Slovenia — Party of Democratic Reform" on 17 July 1990.

Office history

TitleEstablishedAbolishedEstablished by
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Slovenia
Slovene : Sekretar Pokrajinskega komiteja Komunistične partije Jugoslavije za Slovenijo		23 April 191918 April 1937 1st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists)
Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Sekretar Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije		18 April 193717 October 1966 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Slovenia
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Predsednik Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije		17 October 196630 July 1982 ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Predsednik predsedstva Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije		30 July 198227 October 1990 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Slovenia

Officeholders

Presidents of the League of Communists of Slovenia
No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTenure Term of office BirthPMDeathRef.
1 Franc Leskovsek.jpg Franc Leskošek 18 April 1937December 19458 years, 227 days 1st
(1937–1948)		189719261983 [1]
2 Boris Kidric 1953.jpg Boris Kidrič December 1945June 1946182 days 1st
(1937–1948)		191219281953 [2]
3 Miha Marinko (1).jpg Miha Marinko June 194617 October 196620 years, 138 days 1st–5th
(1937–1968)		190019231983 [3]
4 Jakopic Albert.jpg Albert Jakopič 17 October 196611 December 19682 years, 55 days 5th
(1965–1968)		191419421996 [4]
5 France Popit.jpg France Popit 11 December 196830 July 198213 years, 128 days 5th–8th
(1968–1982)		192119402013 [5]
6 Andrej Marinc (1).jpg Andrej Marinc 30 July 198219 April 19863 years, 263 days 9th
(1982–1986)		19301947Alive [6]
7 Milan Kucan (cropped).jpg Milan Kučan 19 April 198623 December 19893 years, 248 days 10th
(1986–1989)		19411958Alive [7]
8 Profile placeholder.png Ciril Ribičič 23 December 198927 October 1990308 days 11th
(1989–1990)		1947 ?Alive [8]

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