President of the League of Communists of Montenegro

The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Montenegro (LCM), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro (SRM) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the LCM 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 SRM Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the LCM Central Committee. The 8th LCM 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 Montenegro," established on 4 April 1920. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Central Committee. On 4 October 1948, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Montenegro. On 7 October, the Central Committee of the 1st Congress elected Blažo Jovanović as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Montenegro". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Montenegrin republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Montenegro. 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 LCM Central Committee convened a meeting later in 1966 in which the office of secretary was abolished, and the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro" was formed. The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Montenegrin party leader. The 8th LCM Congress introduced another set of reforms on 1 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 Montenegro". This office was retained until 22 June 1991, when the party changed its name to the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro.

Office history Title Established Abolished Established by Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Montenegro 23 April 1919 2 August 1937 1st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists) Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of MontenegroSerbo-Croatian: Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore 2 August 1937 14 November 1966 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Montenegro President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of MontenegroSerbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore 14 November 1966 1 July 1982 7th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of MontenegroSerbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore 1 July 1982 24 February 1991 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Montenegro

Officeholders Provincial +Secretaries of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Montenegro Portrait Name Took office Left office Term of office 1 4 April 1920 24 February 1924 1892 1919 1924 2 24 February 1924 Late 1924 1893 1919 1933 3 Late 1924 November 1925 1896 1919 ? 4 November 1925 20 February 1928 1890 1920 1964 5 21 October 1928 31 July 1929 1894 1920 ? 6 July 1930 October 1930 1893 1919 1943 7 October 1932 30 August 1934 1896 1919 1986 8 30 August 1934 July 1936 1909 1931 1941 7 9 August 1940 1942 1907 1924 1976 9 May 1943 7 October 1948 1907 1924 1976

Republican +Presidents of the League of Communists of Montenegro Portrait Name Took office Left office Term of office 1 7 October 1948 29 June 1963 1st–3rd(1948–1965) 1907 1924 1976 2 29 June 1963 14 December 1968 3rd–4th(1959–1968) 1917 1936 1980 3 14 December 1968 21 March 1977 5th–6th(1968–1978) 1925 1944 1997 4 21 March 1977 1 July 1982 6th–7th(1974–1982) 1934 1952 Alive 5 1 July 1982 May 1984 8th(1982–1986) 1926 1944 2011 6 May 1984 30 July 1984 8th(1982–1986) 1927 1943 2000 7 30 July 1984 23 April 1986 8th(1982–1986) 1930 1948 2019 8 23 April 1986 12 January 1989 9th(1986–1989) 1933 1951 2015 9 12 January 1989 26 April 1989 9th(1986–1989) 1949 ? Alive 10 26 April 1989 28 April 1989 9th(1986–1989) 1959 ? Alive 11 28 April 1989 22 June 1991 10th(1989–1991) 1956 ? 2019

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