President of the League of Communists of Macedonia

Leader of the League of Communists of Macedonia
President of the League of Communists of Macedonia
Macedonian: Претседател на Сојузот на комунистите на Македонија
Emblems of the LCY
Longest serving
Lazar Koliševski

19 March 1943 – 3 July 1963
TypeParty leader
Member ofLCY Presidency and SRM Presidency
AppointerSKM Central Committee
Term lengthTwo years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrumentLCY Charter & SKM Charter
Formation19 March 1943
First holderLazar Koliševski
Final holderPetar Gošev
Abolished20 April 1991

The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Macedonia (SKM), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (SRM) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the SKM 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 SKM Central Committee. The 8th SKM Congress instituted a two-year term limits for officeholders.

The office traces its lineage back to the office of "Secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Macedonia", established on 8 September 1939. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Central Committee. On 19 March 1943, the Regional Committee transformed itself into the Communist Party of Macedonia and elected Lazar Koliševski as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Macedonian republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Macedonia. 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 SKM Central Committee convened a meeting in 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Macedonian party leader. The 8th SKM Congress introduced another set of reforms on 8 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 Macedonia". This office was retained until 20 April 1991, when the party changed its name to the "Social Democratic Union of Macedonia" on 20 April 1991.

Office history

Title Established Abolished Established by
Secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Macedonia
Macedonian: Секретар на Регионалниот комитет на КПЈ во Македонија
8 September 1939 19 March 1943 Central Committee of the 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia
Macedonian: Секретар на ЦК на Сојузот на комунистите на Македонија
19 March 1943 12 November 1966 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Macedonia
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia
Macedonian: Претседател на Централниот комитет на Сојузот на комунистите на Македонија
12 November 1966 8 May 1982 ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia
Macedonian: Претседател на Претседателството на Централниот комитет на Сојузот на комунистите на Македонија
8 May 1982 20 April 1991 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Macedonia

Officeholders

Predecessor

Secretaries of the Regional Committee of Communists in Macedonia
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Birth PM Death Ref.
1 Blažo Orlandić 8 September 1939 March 1940 175 days 1914 1933 1943 [1]
2 Metodi Shatorov March 1940 August 1941 1 year, 153 days 1897 1940 1944 [2]
3 Lazar Koliševski August 1941 November 1941 92 days 1914 1935 2000 [3]
4 Bane Andreev November 1941 May 1942 181 days 1905 1923 1980 [4]
5 Cvetko Uzunovski June 1942 September 1942 2 years, 92 days 1912 1937 1994 [5]
6 Kuzman Josifovski Pitu September 1942 19 March 1943 199 days 1915 1938 1944 [6]

Presidents

Presidents of the League of Communists of Macedonia
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Term of office Birth PM Death Ref.
1 Lazar Koliševski 19 March 1943 3 July 1963 20 years, 106 days 1st–3rd
(1948–1965)
1914 1935 2000 [3]
2 Krste Crvenkovski 3 July 1963 20 March 1969 5 years, 260 days 3rd–5th
(1959–1974)
1921 1939 2001 [7]
3 Angel Čemerski 20 March 1969 8 May 1982 13 years, 49 days 5th–7th
(1968–1982)
1923 1942 2003 [8]
4 Krste Markovski 8 May 1982 5 May 1984 1 year, 363 days 8th
(1982–1986)
1925 1941 Alive [9]
5 Milan Pančevski 5 May 1984 10 May 1986 2 years, 5 days 8th
(1982–1986)
1935 1957 2019 [9]
6 Jakov Lazaroski 10 May 1986 28 November 1989 3 years, 202 days 9th
(1986–1989)
1936 1958 2021 [10]
7 Petar Gošev 28 November 1989 20 April 1991 1 year, 143 days 10th
(1989–1991)
1948 1971 Alive [11]

References

  1. ^ Vukotić 1972, p. 525; Burić 1981, p. 487.
  2. ^ Bechev 2019, p. 215.
  3. ^ a b Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 298; Stroynowski 1989b, p. 582.
  4. ^ Bechev 2019, p. 14; Tito 1982b, p. 325.
  5. ^ Bechev 2019, p. 300; Tito 1982a, p. 315.
  6. ^ Tadić 1968, p. 59; Tito 1984, p. 428.
  7. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 112.
  8. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 96; Stroynowski 1989a, p. 171.
  9. ^ a b Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 385; Stroynowski 1989b, p. 741.
  10. ^ "Jakov Lazaroski predsjednik CK" [Jakov Lazaroski, President of the Central Committee]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 12 May 1986. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
    "Почина Јаков Лазароски, универзитетски професор и претседател на Претседателството на ЦК на СКМ" [Jakov Lazaroski, university professor and president of the SKM CCP Presidency, died]. Nezavisen (in Macedonian). 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  11. ^ Bechev 2019, p. 129.

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