General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Appointer Central Committee
Formation April 1919
First holder Filip Filipović[1]
Živko Topalović[1]
Vladimir Ćopić[2]
Final holder Milan Pančevski<ref "name=pre">President of the Presidency</ref>
Abolished 30 June 1990

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Generalni Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije) was the head of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, heading the Central Committee of the Party. The holder of the office was, for a significant period, the de facto most influential politician in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Josip Broz Tito was the longest serving holder of the office (from the late 1930s until his death in 1980).

During its history, the official name of the office was changed several times, until it was finally changed on 13 August 1964 from "General Secretary of the Central Committee" to President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Predsednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije).

Between April 1919 and September 1952, the League of Communists of Yugoslavia was named the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

List

Here follows a list of officeholders:

Name Lifespan Term of office Notes
Political Secretaries
Filip Filipović 1878–1938 April
1919		 June
1920
Živko Topalović 1886–1972
Organizational Secretary
Vladimir Ćopić 1891–1939 April
1919		 June
1920
Presidents of the Central Party Committee
Pavle Pavlović 1888–1971 June
1920		 August
1921
Jakov Lastrić
Political Secretaries
Filip Filipović 1878–1938 June
1920		 August
1921		 Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Sima Marković 1888–1939
Organizational Secretary
Vladimir Ćopić 1891–1939 June
1920		 August
1921		 Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
After being banned in 1921, the Alternative Central Party leadership, formed in June 1921, assumed leadership of the Communist Party:
Alternative Central Party Leadership
Kosta Novaković 1886–1939 August
1921		 July
1922		 Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Triša Kaclerović 1879–1964
Moša Pijade 1890–1957
A split in the leadership led to the formation of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration in opposition to the leadership:
Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration
Sima Marković 1888–1939 September
1921		 July
1922
The factions were reunited at the First State Conference held at Vienna, in July 1922.
Secretaries
Sima Marković 1888–1939 July
1922		 May
1923
Triša Kaclerović 1879–1964 May
1923		 May
1926
Political Secretary
Sima Marković 1888–1939 May
1926		 April
1928		 Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Organizational Secretary
Radomir Vujović 1895–1938 May
1926		 April
1928		 Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
The Central Committee was deposed in April 1928 by the Comintern and replaced by a temporary leadership.
Temporary Leadership
Đuro Đaković 1886–1929 April
1928		 November
1928
Political Secretary
Jovan Mališić 1902–1939 November
1928		 before
1934		 Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Organizational Secretary
Đuro Đaković 1886–1929 November
1928		 25 April
1929		 Arrested and executed during the 6 January Dictatorship.
Since 1930 the party leadership was in exile in Vienna with no contact to the country until 1934.
Political Secretary
Milan Gorkić 1904–1937 December
1934		 November
1936
General Secretary
Milan Gorkić 1904–1937 November
1936		 23 October
1937		 Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Organizational Secretary
Josip Broz Tito 1892–1980 November
1936		 May
1938		 Since December 1936 present in Yugoslavia.
Temporary Leadership
Josip Broz Tito 1892–1980 May
1938		 March
1939
General Secretary
Josip Broz Tito 1892–1980 March
1939		 13 August
1964		 Longest term in office.
During his term, in May 1952, the party changed its name from Communist Party of Yugoslavia to League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
Name Lifespan Term of office Representing Notes
Presidents of the Presidency
Josip Broz Tito 1892–1980 13 August
1964		 4 May
1980		 N/A Died in office.
Branko Mikulić 1928–1994 19 October
1978		 23 October
1979		 SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Acting for Tito.
Stevan Doronjski 1919–1981 23 October
1979		 20 October
1980		 SAP Vojvodina Acting for Tito until 4 May 1980.
Lazar Mojsov 1920–2011 20 October
1980		 20 October
1981		 SR Macedonia
Dušan Dragosavac 1919– 20 October
1981		 29 June
1982		 SR Croatia
Mitja Ribičič 1919–2013 29 June
1982		 30 June
1983		 SR Slovenia
Dragoslav Marković 1920–2005 30 June
1983		 26 June
1984		 SR Serbia
Ali Shukriu 1919–2005 26 June
1984		 25 June
1985		 SAP Kosovo
Vidoje Žarković 1927–2000 25 June
1985		 28 June
1986		 SR Montenegro
Milanko Renovica 1928–2013 28 June
1986		 30 June
1987		 SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boško Krunić 1929– 30 June
1987		 30 June
1988		 SAP Vojvodina
Stipe Šuvar 1936–2004 30 June
1988		 17 May
1989		 SR Croatia Šuvar resigned from his party offices after being appointed as the Croat representative to the Presidency of Yugoslavia on 15 May 1989.
Milan Pančevski 1935– 17 May
1989		 30 June
1990		 SR Macedonia Party dissolved in the aftermath of the 14th (extraordinary) Congress.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Political Secretary
  2. ↑ Organizational Secretary
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