President of the League of Communists of Kosovo

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, insigniasize =
, insigniacaption = Emblem of the Party
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, imagesize = 120px
, imagecaption = Longest serving
Veli Deva
16 June 1956 – 28 June 1971
, style =
, type = Party leader
, seat =
, termlength = Two years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
, appointer = LKK Provincial Committee
, constituting_instrument = LCY Charter & LKK Charter
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, precursor =
, formation = 25 July 1937
, first = Miladin Popović
, last = Rahman Morina
, abolished = 17 July 1990
, succession =
, salary =
, member_of = LCY Presidency and SAPK Presidency

The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Kosovo (LKK), the ruling party of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (SAPK) of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The LKK was the provincial organisation of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) in Kosovo. Party rules stipulated that the LKK Provincial 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 SAPK Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Executive Committee of the LKK Provincial Committee. The 13th LKK Provincial Conference instituted a one-year term limits for officeholders.

The office traces its lineage back to the office of "Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo and Metohija", established on 25 July 1937 and elected Miladin Popović to head the Kosovo branch. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Central Committee. The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Kosovo branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Kosovo. 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 SKS Central Committee convened a meeting in 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the provincial branches of Kosovo and Vojvodina and gave more powers to the LKK party leader. The 13th LKK Conference introduced another set of reforms on 26 April 1982, which abolished the existing office and replaced it with the "President of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo". This office was retained until 17 July 1990, when the League of Communists of Serbia changed its name to the "Socialist Party of Serbia".

Office history

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, align="center" , 25 July 1937
, align="center" , 1966
, Central Committee of the 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
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, President of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo
Albanian: ''Kryetar i Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës''
, align="center" , 1966
, align="center" , 26 April 1982
, ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress
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, President of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo
Albanian: ''Kryetar i Kryesisë së Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës''
, align="center" , 26 April 1982
, align="center" , 17 July 1990
, 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Macedonia

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{{League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Central Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo