, logo = Emblem of the SKJ (Cyrillic).svg , colorcode = , leader =

President of the League of Communists of Macedonia The Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia ( mk, Секретар на Централниот комитет на Сојузот на комунистите на Македонија) was the head of the League ...

, predecessor =

Regional Committee of the Communists in Macedonia The Regional Committee of Communists in Macedonia was the provincial communist organization in Vardar Macedonia from 1939 to 1943. History At the beginning of 1939, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia decided that Vardar ...

, foundation = 1943 , dissolution = 20 April 1991 , successor =

SDSM The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија – СДСМ, ''Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija'' – SDSM, sq, Lidhja socialdemokrate e Maqedonisë – LSDM) is a ...

, headquarters =

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

SR Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

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Communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, ...

Marxism-Leninism

Titoism Titoism is a political philosophy most closely associated with Josip Broz Tito during the Cold War. It is characterized by a broad Yugoslav identity, workers' self-management, a political separation from the Soviet Union, and leadership in th ...

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Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...

, colours = Red , footnotes = Macedonian branch of the

League of Communists of Yugoslavia The League of Communists of Yugoslavia, mk, Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na komunistite na Jugoslavija known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, sl, Komunistična partija Jugoslavije mk ...

, flag = League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag mk.svg The League of Communists of Macedonia ( mk, Сојуз на комунистите на Македонија (СКМ); ''Sojuz na komunistite na Makedonija'', SKM) was the Macedonian branch of the ruling

during the period 1943 – 1990. It was formed on the base of the

under the name Communist Party of Macedonia (Комунистичка партија на Македонија (КПМ); ''Komunistička partija na Makedonija'', KPM) during the

antifascist Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were ...

National Liberation War of Macedonia World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia started with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Under the pressure of the Yugoslav Partisan movement, part of the Macedonian communists began in October 1941 a political and military ...

in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. It retained that name until April 1952. The League of Communists of Macedonia was the ruling

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

in the

Socialist Republic of Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

. Its successor after the introduction of political pluralism in 1990 was the socialist party League of Communists of Macedonia – Party for Democratic Change ( �КМ-ПДП ''Sojuz na Komunistite na Makedonija – Partija za Demokratska Preobrazba'', KM-PDP led by Petar Gošev, which took part in the first democratic elections in the same year. On its 11th Congress on April 20, 1991, the party was reformed, changing its socialist ideology to social democracy (similar to other former communist bloc countries), and refounding itself as the

Social Democratic Union of Macedonia The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија – СДСМ, ''Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija'' – SDSM, sq, Lidhja socialdemokrate e Maqedonisë – LSDM) is a ...

. There was a small minority which retained the old name and constituted itself as a distinct political entity. This organization was founded in 1992 under the name League of Communists of Macedonia - Freedom Movement.

Gallery

Prv kongres na KPM, 1948.jpg, Part of the delegates at the I Congress of the CPM, held on December 20, 1948, Skopje. Vtor kongres na KPM, 1954.jpg, Part of the delegates at the II Congress of the CPM, held on May 29, 1954, Skopje. Tret kongres na KPM, 1959.jpg, Delegates at the III Congress of the CPM, held on June 22, 1959, Skopje. CeKa na KPM.jpg, 1963 Skopje earthquake: The building of the Central Committee of the CPM

Party leaders

Lazar Koliševski Lazar Koliševski ( mk, Лазар Колишевски ; 12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Yugoslav communist political leader in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was clos ...

(September 1944 – July 1963) # Krste Crvenkovski (July 1963 – March 1969) # Angel Čemerski (March 1969 – May 1982) #

Krste Markovski Krsto ( Cyrillic script: Крсто), also Krste or Krǎstyo is a South Slavic masculine given name. *Krsto Papić * Krsto Ungnad * Krsto Zrnov Popović *Fran Krsto Frankopan * Vuk Krsto Frankopan *Krsto Hegedušić * Krste Crvenkovski *Krste Misi ...

(May 1982 – 5 May 1984) #

Milan Pančevski Milan Pančevski ( Macedonian: Милан Панчевски; 16 May 1935 – 9 January 2019) was a Macedonian politician who was the final President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1990, when the party was dissolved. ...

(5 May 1984 – June 1986) #

Jakov Lazaroski Jakov Lazaroski ( mk, Јаков Лазароски; 18 October 1936 – 16 May 2021) was a Yugoslav-Macedonian political commissar and academic. Biography Born in Oktisi in 1936, Lazaroski graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, Universi ...

(June 1986 – 1989) #

Petar Gošev Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. Pe ...

(1989 – 20 April 1991)

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