President of the League of Communists of Serbia

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 Title Established Abolished Established by Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Serbia 23 April 1919 12 May 1945 1st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists) Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of SerbiaSerbo-Croatian: Секретар Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије 12 May 1945 4 November 1966 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Serbia President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of SerbiaSerbo-Croatian: Председник Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије 4 November 1966 29 May 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 SerbiaSerbo-Croatian: Председник Председништва Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије 29 May 1982 17 July 1990 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Serbia

Officeholders Provincial +Secretaries of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Serbia Portrait Name Took office Left office 1 Unclear February 1929 Unclear 1887 1919 1964 2 February 1929 August 1929 1893 1923 1929 3 1929 1930 1902 1928 1941 4 1930 1932 1897 1920 1939 5 November 1933 30 September 1934 1903 1923 1937 6 30 September 1934 November 1935 1909 1928 1942 7 May 1937 11 September 1941 1909 1928 1983 8 11 September 1941 12 May 1945 1907 1935 1984

Republican +Presidents of the League of Communists of Serbia Portrait Name Took office Left office Term of office 1 12 May 1945 21 January 1949 1st(1945–1949) 1907 1935 1984 2 21 January 1949 29 April 1957 2nd–3rd(1949–1959) 1912 1935 2007 3 30 March 1957 4 November 1966 3rd–5th(1959–1968) 1906 1923 1982 4 4 November 1966 19 January 1968 5th(1965–1968) 1915 1933 1984 2 19 January 1968 23 November 1968 5th(1965–1968) 1912 1935 2007 5 23 November 1968 25 October 1972 6th(1968–1974) 1921 1940 1991 6 26 October 1972 29 May 1982 6th–8th(1968–1982) 1923 1945 1993 7 29 May 1982 17 May 1984 9th(1982–1986) 1927 1945 2022 8 17 May 1984 31 May 1986 9th(1982–1986) 1936 1954 2000 9 31 May 1986 24 May 1989 10th(1986–1990) 1941 1959 2006 10 24 May 1989 17 July 1990 10th(1986–1990) 1933 1950 2007

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