Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia

President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Croatia
Emblem of the League of Communists of Croatia
Ivica Račan, the last President
Appointer	Central Committee
Formation	August 1937
First holder	Đuro Špoljarić
Final holder	Ivica Račan
Abolished	November 1990

The Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia (Serbo-Croatian: Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Hrvatske) was the head of the League of Communists of Croatia, heading the Central Committee of the Party. The holder of the office was, for a significant period, the de facto most influential politician in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. The official name of the office was changed in May 1982 from "Secretary of the Central Committee" to President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia (Predsjednik Predsjedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Hrvatske).

The League of Communists of Croatia was also an organization subordinate to the federal-level League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Between August 1937 and September 1952, the former was named the Communist Party of Croatia (being part of the larger Communist Party of Yugoslavia), until both parties were renamed "League of Communists" in 1952.

List

Here follows a list of the twelve officeholders:

No.	Secretary		Lifespan	Term of office		Notes
Secretaries of the Central Committee
1		Đuro Špoljarić	1906–1991	August 1937	1939
2		Rade Končar	1911–1942	1940	1941	Executed in Šibenik by Italian occupation authorities during World War II.
3		Vlado Popović	1914–1972	1941	1942
4		Andrija Hebrang	1899–1949?	1942	October 1944	Federal State of Croatia formed.
5		Vladimir Bakarić	1912–1983	October 1944	1969	Longest term in office. During his term, in May 1952, the party changed its name from Communist Party of Croatia to League of Communists of Croatia.
6		Savka Dabčević-Kučar	1923–2009	1969	December 1971
7		Milka Planinc	1924–2010	14 December 1971	May 1982
Presidents of the Presidency of the Central Committee
8		Jure Bilić	1922–2006	May 1982	1 July 1983
9		Josip Vrhovec	1926–2006	1 July 1983	15 May 1984
10		Mika Špiljak	1916–2007	15 May 1984	May 1986
11		Stanko Stojčević	1929–	May 1986	December 1989
12		Ivica Račan	1944–2007	13 December 1989	November 1990	Party dissolved and reformed into the Social Democratic Party.

See also

• League of Communists of Croatia
• League of Communists of Yugoslavia
• Socialist Republic of Croatia
• President of Croatia
  • List of Presidents of Croatia
• Prime Minister of Croatia
  • List of cabinets of Croatia
• Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
• List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
• Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• Politics of Croatia

References

Secretaries of the League of Communists of Croatia Secretaries of the Central Committee (1945–90) Đuro Špoljarić (1937–39) Rade Končar (1940–41) Vlado Popović (1941–42) Andrija Hebrang, Sr. (1942–44) Vladimir Bakarić (1944–69) Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1969–71) Milka Planinc (1971–82) Presidents of the Presidency of the Central Committee (1945–90) Jure Bilić (1982–83) Josip Vrhovec (1983–84) Mika Špiljak (1984–86) Stanko Stojčević (1986–89) Ivica Račan (1989–90)