Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Serbia

Administrative leadership position
Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbian: Секретар Председништва Савеза комуниста Србије
Emblems of the LCY
TypeExecutive Secretary
Member ofSKS Presidency
AppointerSKS Presidency
Term lengthTwo years, renewable once
(1972–1990)
Constituting instrumentLCY Charter & SKS Charter
Formation4 November 1966
First holderStevan Doronjski
Final holderMilomir Minić
Abolished17 July 1990

The secretary was the highest administrative leader of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (SR Serbia) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY). The officeholder was elected by and answerable to the SKS Presidency.

Office history

Title Established Abolished Established by
Secretary of the Executive Bureau of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbian: Секретар Извршног комитета Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије
4 November 1966 25 April 1974 ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the SKS 5th Congress
Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbian: Секретар Извршног комитета Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије
25 April 1974 31 May 1978 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Serbia
Secretary of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia
Serbian: Секретар Председништва Централног комитета Савеза комуниста Србије
31 May 1978 17 July 1990 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Serbia

Officeholders

Secretaries of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia
No. Name Took office Left office Tenure Term of office Birth PM Death Ref.
1 Stevan Doronjski 4 November 1966 23 November 1968 2 years, 19 days 5th
(1965–1968)
1919 1939 1981 [1]
2 Latinka Perović 23 November 1968 25 October 1972 3 years, 337 days 6th
(1968–1974)
1933 1951 2022 [2]
3 Nikola Petronić 26 October 1972 15 January 1974 1 year, 81 days 6th
(1968–1974)
1936 1957 ? [3]
4 Đorđe Lazić 15 January 1974 13 December 1975 1 year, 332 days 7th
(1974–1978)
1927 1945 ? [4]
5 Ivan Stambolić 13 December 1975 31 May 1978 2 years, 169 days 7th
(1974–1978)
1936 1954 2000 [5]
6 Spiro Galović 31 May 1978 30 May 1982 3 years, 364 days 8th
(1978–1982)
1938 1956 2014 [6]
7 Radiša Gačić 30 May 1982 28 May 1986 3 years, 363 days 9th
(1982–1986)
1938 1957 Alive [7]
8 Zoran Sokolović 28 May 1986 24 May 1989 2 years, 361 days 10th
(1986–1990)
1938 ? 2001 [8]
9 Milomir Minić 24 May 1989 17 July 1990 1 year, 54 days 10th
(1986–1990)
1950 ? ?

References

  1. ^ Rajović 1970, pp. 217–218; Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 132.
  2. ^ Rajović 1970, p. 784; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 910.
  3. ^ Rajović 1970, p. 797; Johnson 1974, p. 21; Vuković & Rajović 1989, p. 731.
  4. ^ Rajović 1970, p. 551.
  5. ^ Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1107.
  6. ^ Marković & Kržavac 1985, p. 505; Stroynowski 1989a, p. 330.
  7. ^ Stroynowski 1989a, p. 330.
  8. ^ Partos, Gabriel (7 February 2001). "Milosevic ally's suicide, say police". CNN. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

Bibliography

  • Johnson, A. Ross (1974). Yugoslavia: In the Twilight of Tito (in Serbo-Croatian). SAGE Publications. ISBN 0-8039-0467-3.
  • Rajović, Radošin (1970). Jugoslovenski savremenici: Ko je ko u Jugoslaviji [Yugoslav Contemporaries: Who's Who in Yugoslavia] (in Serbo-Croatian). Hronometar.
  • Kecić, Danilo; Palić, Milenko (1977). Revolucionarni radnički pokret u Zrenjaninu 1918–1941: 1935–1937 [Revolutionary Labour Movement in Zrenjanin 1918–1941: 1935–1937] (in Serbo-Croatian). Skupština opštine.
  • Lewytzkyj, Borys; Stroynowski, Juliusz, eds. (1978). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN 3-7940-3017-6.
  • Marković, Dragan; Kržavac, Savo (1985). Zašto su smenjivani [Why Were They Replaced?] (in Serbo-Croatian). Partizanska knj.
  • Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989a). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: A–H. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN 3-598-10719-6.
  • Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989b). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: I–O. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN 3-598-10719-6.
  • Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989c). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: P–Z. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN 3-598-10719-6.
  • Vuković, Zdravko; Rajović, Radošin (1989). Od deformacija SDB do maspoka i liberalizma: Od deformacija SDB do maspoka i liberalizma: moji stenografski zapisi 1966–1972 [From Deformations of SDB to Maspok and Liberalism: My Shorthand Notes 1966–1972] (in Serbo-Croatian). Narodna knj. ISBN 9788633101288.
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  • Miloš Radojčin (1969–1972)
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