President of the League of Communists of Serbia

"Secretary of the League of Communists of Serbia" redirects here. For the article on the administrative office that existed from 1966 to 1990, see Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Serbia.
President of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbo-Croatian: Predsednik Saveza komunista Srbije
Emblems of the LCY
Longest serving
Jovan Veselinov
30 March 1957 – 4 November 1966
TypeParty leader
Member ofLCY Presidency and SRS Presidency
AppointerLCS Central Committee
Term lengthOne year, renewable once
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrumentLCY Charter & LCS Charter
Formation12 May 1945
First holderBlagoje Nešković
Final holderBogdan 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.

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[edit]

Title Established Abolished Established by Ref.
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 1919 12 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 1945 4 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 1966 29 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 1982 17 July 1990 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Serbia [3]

Officeholders[edit]

Provincial[edit]

Secretaries of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Serbia
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Birth PM Death Ref.
1 Blagoje Parović November 1933 30 September 1934 333 days 1903 1923 1937 [4]
2 Trajko Stamenković 30 September 1934 November 1935 1 year, 32 days 1909 1928 1942 [5]
3 Aleksandar Ranković May 1937 11 September 1941 4 years, 133 days 1909 1928 1983 [6]
4 Blagoje Nešković 11 September 1941 12 May 1945 3 years, 243 days 1907 1935 1984 [7]

Republican[edit]

Presidents of the League of Communists of Serbia
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Term of office Birth PM Death Ref.
1 Blagoje Nešković 12 May 1945 21 January 1949 3 years, 254 days 1st
(1945–1949) 		1907 1935 1984 [7]
2 Petar Stambolić 21 January 1949 29 April 1957 5 years, 98 days 2nd–3rd
(1949–1959) 		1912 1935 2007 [8]
3 Jovan Veselinov 30 March 1957 4 November 1966 9 years, 219 days 3rd–5th
(1959–1968) 		1906 1923 1982 [9]
4 Dobrivoje Radosavljević 4 November 1966 19 January 1968 1 year, 76 days 5th
(1965–1968) 		1915 1933 1984 [10]
2 Petar Stambolić 19 January 1968 23 November 1968 309 days 5th
(1965–1968) 		1912 1935 2007 [11]
5 Marko Nikezić 23 November 1968 25 October 1972 3 years, 337 days 6th
(1968–1974) 		1921 1940 1991 [12]
6 Tihomir Vlaškalić 26 October 1972 29 May 1982 9 years, 215 days 6th–8th
(1968–1982) 		1923 1945 1993 [13]
7 Dušan Čkrebić 29 May 1982 17 May 1984 1 year, 354 days 9th
(1982–1986) 		1927 1945 2022 [14]
8 Ivan Stambolić 17 May 1984 28 May 1986 2 years, 11 days 9th
(1982–1986) 		1936 1954 2000 [15]
9 Slobodan Milošević 28 May 1986 24 May 1989 2 years, 361 days 10th
(1986–1990) 		1941 1959 2006 [16]
10 Bogdan Trifunović 24 May 1989 17 July 1990 1 year, 54 days 10th
(1986–1990) 		1933 ? 2007 [17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Morača et al. 1979, p. 33.
  5. ^ Tadić 1968, p. 239.
  6. ^ Zalar 1961, p. 368.
  7. ^ a b "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.
  8. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 582; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1108; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 75.
  9. ^ "Веселинов Јован" [Veselinov, Jovan] (in Serbian). Serbian National Theatre. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  10. ^ Staff writer 1953, p. 409; Hronologija 3 1980, pp. 260 & 275.
  11. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 582; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1108; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 275.
  12. ^ Stroynowski 1989b, p. 847; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 287 & 341; Pirjevec 2018, p. 388.
  13. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 663; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1266; Hronologija 3 1980, p. 341, 366 & 420.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Partos, Gabriel (29 March 2003). "Ivan Stambolic". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  16. ^ Allcock, John B. "Slobodan Milošević: president of Yugoslavia". Britannica Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  17. ^ "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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