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5 January 1939 – 4 May 1980 , style = , seat = Ušće Towers,

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, formation = December 1934 , first = Milan Gorkić , last = Milan Pančevski , abolished = 30 June 1990 , succession = , salary = The President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, formerly the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, was the

leader Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets view ...

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. As chairman of the Central Committee, the President was the ''

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, serving from 1939 to his death in 1980.

Collective leadership (1919–1934)

, -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Political Secretaries (1919–1921) , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Organizational Secretary (1919–1921) , -style="text-align:center;" , colspan=8, , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Alternative Central Party Leadership (1921–1922) , -style="text-align:center;" , colspan=8, A split in the leadership led to the formation of the ''Executive Committee in Emigration'' in opposition to the leadership: , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration (1921–1922) , -style="text-align:center;" , colspan=8, The factions were reunited at the First State Conference held in

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in July 1922. , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Secretaries (1922–1926) , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Political Secretary (1926–1928) , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Organizational Secretary (1926–1928) , -style="text-align:center;" , colspan=8, The Central Committee was deposed in April 1928 by the

Comintern The Communist International (Comintern), also known as the Third International, was a Soviet-controlled international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism. The Comintern resolved at its Second Congress to "struggle by a ...

and replaced by a ''temporary leadership'': , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Temporary Leadership (1928) , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Political Secretary (1928–1930) , -style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=8, Organizational Secretary (1928–1929) , -style="text-align:center;" , colspan=8, Since 1930 the party leadership was in exile in Vienna, Austria with no contact to the country until 1934.

Officeholders (1934–1990)

Political Secretary of the Central Committee (1934–1936)

General Secretary of the Central Committee (1936–1964)

President of the Presidency (1964–1990)

Notes

References

{{Presidency of SFRY League of Communists of Yugoslavia 1919 establishments in Yugoslavia 1990 disestablishments in Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...