League of Communists of Serbia

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The League of Communists of Serbia was the Serbian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. Under a new constitution ratified in 1974, greater power was devolved to the various republic level branches. In the late 1980s, the party was taken over by a faction endorsing Slobodan Milosevic to become leader of the party. Milosevic appeased nationalists in Serbia by promising to reduce the level of autonomy within the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. This policy increased ethnic tensions with the other republics and nationalities. During the early 1990s, the growing ethnic tensions between the republics of Yugoslavia led to the breakup of the federal party.

On July 27, 1990, it merged with several smaller parties to form the Socialist Party of Serbia.[1]

[edit] Leaders

Secretaries of the Central Committee of the League of Communists

  1. Blagoje Nešković (1941 - 1948)
  2. Petar Stambolić (1948 - March 1957)
  3. Jovan Veselinov (March 1957 - September 1966)

Chairmen of the Central Committee of the League of Communists

  1. Dobrivoje Radosavljević (September 1966 - February 1968)
  2. Petar Stambolić (February 1968 - November 1968)
  3. Marko Nikezić (November 1968 - 26 October 1972)
  4. Tihomir Vlaškalić (26 October 1972 - May 1982)
  5. Dušan Čkrebić (May 1982 - 17 May 1984)
  6. Ivan Stambolić (May 1984 - May 1986)
  7. Slobodan Milošević (May 1986 - 24 May 1989)
  8. Bogdan Trifunović (24 May 1989 - 16 July 1990)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yugoslavia The Old Demons Arise, TIME Magazine, August 06, 1990