Statute of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

The Statute regulated the internal organisation of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and specified the rights and duties of its internal organs. It was first adopted by its founding congress on 20–23 April 1919.^[1] The document originally tried to emulate the rulebook of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, but began to develop in a different direction as a result of the Tito–Stalin split and its repercussions.^[2]

The statute explicitly stated that the LCY was governed in accordance with democratic centralism and that the league governed in the name of the dictatorship of the proletariat.^[3]

References

Bibliography

Neal, Fred Warner (1957). "The Communist Party in Yugoslavia". The American Political Science Review. 51 (1): 88–111. doi:10.2307/1951773. JSTOR 1951773.
Neal, Fred Warner (1958). Titoism in Action: The Reforms in Yugoslavia After 1948. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-35044-1.
Singleton, F. B. (1984). "The Statute of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia". In Simons, Williams B.; White, Stephen (eds.). The Party Statutes of the Communist World. Law in Eastern Europe. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 479–483. ISBN 90-247-2975-0.

Footnotes

^ Singleton 1984, p. 479.
^ Singleton 1984, p. 480; Neal 1957, p. 92; Neal 1958, p. 44.
^ Singleton 1984, p. 481.

League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Central organisation

Leaders

Filip Filipović (1919–1921)
Sima Marković (1920–1922)
Vacant (1922–1924)
Triša Kaclerović (1924–1925)
Sima Marković (1926–1927)
Đuro Cvijić (1927–1928)
Jovan Mališić (1928–1931)
Filip Filipović (1931–1932)
Vacant (1932–1934)
Milan Gorkić (1934–1937)
Josip Broz Tito (1937–1980)
Stevan Doronjski (1980)
Lazar Mojsov (1980–1981)
Dušan Dragosavac (1981–1982)
Mitja Ribičič (1982–1983)
Dragoslav Marković (1983–1984)
Ali Šukrija (1984–1985)
Vidoje Žarković (1985–1986)
Milanko Renovica (1986–1987)
Boško Krunić (1987–1988)
Stipe Šuvar (1988–1989)
Milan Pančevski (1989–1990)
Miomir Grbović (May 1990)
Miroslav Ivanović (1990–1991)

Secretaries

Mijalko Todorović (1966–1969)
Stane Dolanc (1972–1979)
Dušan Dragosavac (1979–1981)
Dobroslav Čulafić (1981–1982)
Nikola Stojanović (1982–1984)
Dimče Belovski (1984–1986)
Radiša Gačić (1986–1988)
Štefan Korošec (1988–1990)
Petar Škundrić (acting, 1990)

Central Committee

National meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission Committee for the Preparation of the Democratic and Programmatic Renewal
Congresses	1st: 1919 2nd: 1920 3rd: 1926 4th: 1928 5th: 1948 6th: 1952 7th: 1958 8th: 1964 9th: 1969 10th: 1974 11th: 1978 12th: 1982 13th: 1986 14th: 1990
Conferences	1st: 1922 2nd: 1923 3rd: 1924 4th: 1934 5th: 1940 1st (6th): 1970 2nd (7th): 1972 3rd (8th): 1972 4th (9th): 1973 (10th): 1988

Rules

"Statute of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia"
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1st: 1919–1920
2nd: 1920–1926
3rd: 1926–1928
4th: 1928–1948
5th: 1948–1952
6th: 1952–1958
7th: 1958–1964
8th: 1964–1969
9th: 1969–1974 (Executive Bureau
Presidency)
10th: 1974–1978 (Executive Committee
Presidency)
11th: 1978–1982
12th: 1982–1986
13th: 1986–1990

Secretariat

3rd: 1926–1928
4th:1928–1948
5th: 1948–1952
6th: 1952–1958

Control Commission

5th: 1948–1952
6th: 1952–1958
7th: 1958–1964
8th: 1964–1969

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Central Committee	1st: 1919–1920 2nd: 1920–1926 3rd: 1926–1928 4th: 1928–1948 5th: 1948–1952 6th: 1952–1958 7th: 1958–1964 8th: 1964–1969 9th: 1969–1974 10th: 1974–1978 11th: 1978–1982 12th: 1982–1986 13th: 1986–1990
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Bosnian-Herzegovinian branch

Leaders

Isa Jovanović (1939–1943)
Đuro Pucar (1943–1965)
Cvijetin Mijatović (1965–1969)
Branko Mikulić (1969–1978)
Nikola Stojanović (1978–1982)
Hamdija Pozderac (1982–1984)
Mato Andrić (1984–1986)
Milan Uzelac (1986–1988)
Abdulah Mutapčić (1988–1989)
Nijaz Duraković (1989–1991)

Secretaries

Branko Mikulić (1966–1969)
Nijaz Dizdarević (Jan.–Apr. 1969)
Hamdija Pozderac (1969–1971)
Hasan Grabčanović (1971–1974)
Nikola Stojanović (1974–1978)
Hrvoje Ištuk (1978–1982)
Ivan Brigić (1982–1984)
Živko Grubor (1984–1986)
Šaban Kevrić (1986–1989)
Dragan Kragulj (1989–1991)

Central Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission
League of Socialist Youth

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Congresses	1st: 1948 2nd: 1954 3rd: 1959 4th: 1965 5th: 1969 6th: 1974 7th: 1978 8th: 1982 9th: 1986 10th: 1991

Elected by
Congress

<span style="color: white">Supervisory Commission</span>	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1969 5th: 1969–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
<span style="color: white">Statutory Commission</span>	5th: 1969–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
<span style="color: white">Central Committee</span>	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1969 5th: 1969–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991

Croatian branch

Leaders

Đuro Špoljarić (1937–1939)
Rade Končar (1939–1940)
Vladimir Popović (1940–1942)
Andrija Hebrang (1942–1944)
Vladimir Bakarić (1944–1969)
Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1969–1971)
Milka Planinc (1971–1982)
Jure Bilić (1982–1983)
Josip Vrhovec (1983–1984)
Mika Špiljak (1984–1986)
Stanko Stojčević (1986–1989)
Ivica Račan (1989–1990)

Secretaries

Miko Tripalo (1966–1969)
Pero Pirker (1969–1971)
Josip Vrhovec (1971–1974)
Dušan Dragosavac (1974–1978)
Milutin Baltic (1978–1982)
Marijan Kalanj (1982–1984)
Stanko Stojčević (1984–1986)
Dragutin Dimitrović (1986–1989)
Boris Malada (1989–1990)

Central Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission
League of Socialist Youth

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Congresses</span>	1st: 1937 2nd: 1948 3rd: 1954 4th: 1959 5th: 1965 6th: 1968 7th: 1974 8th: 1978 9th: 1982 10th: 1986 11th: 1989 12th: 1990

Elected by
Congress

<span style="color: white">Supervisory Commission</span>	1st: 1937–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
<span style="color: white">Statutory Commission</span>	6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
Central Committee	1st: 1937–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990

Macedonian branch

Leaders

Blažo Orlandić (1939–1940)
Metodi Shatorov (1940–1941)
Lazar Koliševski (Aug.–Nov. 1941)
Bane Andrejev (1941–1942)
Cvetko Uzunovski (Jun.–Sep. 1942)
Kuzman Josifovski Pitu (1942–1943)
Lazar Koliševski (1943–1963)
Krste Crvenkovski (1963–1969)
Angel Čemerski (1969–1982)
Krste Markovski (1982–1984)
Milan Pančevski (1984–1986)
Jakov Lazaroski (1986–1989)
Petar Gošev (1989–1991)

Secretaries

Boško Stankovski (1966–1968)
Angel Čemerski (1968–1969)
Slavko Milosavlevski (1969–1972)
Boro Denkov (1972–1982)
Milan Pančevski (1982–1984)
Jakov Lazaroski (1984–1986)
Mihail Danev (1986–1989)
Tito Petkovski (1989–1991)

Central Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission
League of Socialist Youth

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Congresses</span>	1st: 1948 2nd: 1953 3rd: 1959 4th: 1963 5th: 1968 6th: 1974 7th: 1978 8th: 1982 9th: 1986 10th: 1989 11th: 1991

Elected by
Congress

<span style="color: white">Supervisory Commission</span>	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
<span style="color: white">Statutory Commission</span>	5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
<span style="color: white">Central Committee</span>	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991

Montenegrin branch

Leaders

Jovan Tomašević (1920–1924)
Stanko Dragojević (Feb.–late 1924)
Aleksa Pavićević (1924–1925)
Nikola Kovačević (1925–1928)
Nisa Milanović (1928–1929)
Adolf Muk (Jul.–Oct. 1930)
Božo Ljumović (1932–1934)
Nikola Lekić (1934–1936)
Božo Ljumović (1940–1942)
Blažo Jovanović (1943–1963)
Đorđije Pajković (1963–1968)
Veselin Đuranović (1968–1977)
Vojislav Srzentić (1977–1982)
Dobroslav Ćulafić (1982–1984)
Vidoje Žarković (May–Jul. 1984)
Marko Orlandić (1984–1986)
Miljan Radović (1986–1989)
Veselin Vukotić (Jan.–Apr. 1988)
Milica Pejanović (April 1989)
Momir Bulatović (1989–1991)

Secretaries

Veselin Đuranović (1966–1968)
Dobroslav Ćulafić (1968–1969)
Vojislav Srzentić (1969–1974)
Miljan Radović (1974–1978)
Vuko Vukadinović (1978–1982)
Velisav Vuksanović (1982–1986)
Savo Šekarić (1986–1989)
Milo Đukanović (1989–1991)

Central Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission
League of Socialist Youth

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Congresses</span>	1st: 1948 2nd: 1954 3rd: 1959 4th: 1965 5th: 1968 6th: 1974 7th: 1978 8th: 1982 9th: 1986 10th: 1989 10th: 1991

Elected by
Congress

<span style="color: white">Supervisory Commission</span>	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
<span style="color: white">Statutory Commission</span>	5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
<span style="color: white">Central Committee</span>	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991

Serbian branch

Leaders

Blagoje Parović (1933–1934)
Trajko Stamenković (1934–1935)
Aleksandar Ranković (1937–1941)
Blagoje Nešković (1941–1949)
Petar Stambolić (1949–1957)
Jovan Veselinov (1957–1966)
Dobrivoje Radosavljević (1966–1968)
Petar Stambolić (Jan.–Nov. 1968)
Marko Nikezić (1968–1972)
Tihomir Vlaškalić (1972–1982)
Dušan Čkrebić (1982–1984)
Ivan Stambolić (1984–1986)
Slobodan Milošević (1986–1989)
Bogdan Trifunović (1989–1990)

Secretaries

Stevan Doronjski (1966–1968)
Latinka Perović (1968–1972)
Nikola Petronić (1972–1974)
Đorđe Lazić (1974–1976)
Ivan Stambolić (1976–1978)
Spiro Galović (1978–1982)
Radiša Gačić (1982–1986)
Zoran Sokolović (1986–1989)
Milomir Minić (1989–1991)

Central Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission
League of Socialist Youth

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Congresses</span>	1st: 1945 2nd: 1949 3rd: 1954 4th: 1959 5th: 1965 6th: 1968 7th: 1974 8th: 1978 9th: 1982 10th: 1986 11th: 1989 12th: 1990

Elected by
Congress

<span style="color: white">Supervisory Commission</span>	1st: 1945–1949 2nd: 1949–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
<span style="color: white">Statutory Commission</span>	6th: 1969–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
<span style="color: white">Central Committee</span>	1st: 1945–1949 2nd: 1949–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990

Slovenian branch

Leaders

Franc Leskošek (1937–1945)
Boris Kidrič (1945–1946)
Miha Marinko (1946–1966)
Albert Jakopič (1966–1968)
France Popit (1968–1982)
Andrej Marinc (1982–1986)
Milan Kučan (1986–1989)
Ciril Ribičič (1989–1990)

Secretaries

France Popit (1966–1968)
Andrej Marinc (1968–1972)
Franc Šetinc (1972–1982)
Miha Ravnik (1982–1986)
Miloš Prosenc (1986–1989)
Sonja Lokar (1989–1990)

Central Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission
League of Socialist Youth

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Congresses</span>	1st: 1937 2nd: 1948 3rd: 1954 4th: 1959 5th: 1965 6th: 1968 7th: 1974 8th: 1978 9th: 1982 10th: 1986 11th: 1989

Elected by
Congress

<span style="color: white">Supervisory Commission</span>	1st: 1945–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
<span style="color: white">Statutory Commission</span>	6th: 1969–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
<span style="color: white">Central Committee</span>	1st: 1945–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990

Yugoslav People's Army branch

Leaders

Džemil Šarac (1971–1978)
Dane Ćuić (1978–1984)
Georgije Jovičić (1984–1988)
Petar Šimić (1988–1990)
Božidar Grubišić (May–Dec. 1990)

Secretaries

Milan Krdžić (1975–1978)
Georgije Jovičić (1978–1982)
Slavko Maričević (1982–1984)
Simeon Bunčić (1984–1988)
Nebojša Tica (1988–1990)

Committee

President & Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Conferences</span>	1st: 1969 2nd: 1970 3rd: 1971 4th: 1972 5th: 1977 6th: 1980 7th: 1982 8th: 1986 9th: 1989 10th: 1990

Provincial committees with representation in the LCY's leading bodies

Kosovo

Leaders

Miladin Popović (Jul.–Dec. 1937)
Petar Radović (1937–1938)
Miladin Popović (1939–1941)
Boro Vukmirović (1941–1943)
Pavle Jovićević (1943–1944)
Miladin Popović (1944–1945)
Đorđije Pajković (1945–1956)
Dušan Mugoša (Feb.–Jun. 1956)
Veli Deva (1956–1971)
Mahmut Bakalli (1971–1981)
Veli Deva (1981–1982)
Sinan Hasani (1982–1983)
Ilijaz Kurteši (1983–1984)
Svetislav Dolašević (1984–1985)
Kolj Široka (1985–1986)
Azem Vllasi (1986–1988)
Kaqusha Jashari (Apr.–Nov. 1988)
Remzi Kolgeci (1988–1989)
Rahman Morina (1989–1990)

Secretaries

? (1966–1969)
Mihajlo Zvicer (1969–1972)
Dušan Ristić (1972–1978)
Petar Kostić (1978–1982)
Mitar Samardžić (1982–1984)
Bajram Seljami (1984–1986)
Vojislav Zajić (1986–1988)
? (1988–1989)
Ljubomir Popović (1989–1990)

Provincial Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Conferences</span>	1st: 1937 2nd: 1939 3rd: 1945 4th: 1948 5th: 1951 6th: 1953 7th: 1956 8th: 1959 9th: 1965 10th: 1968 11th: 1974 12th: 1978 13th: 1982 14th: 1986 15th: 1989 16th: 1990

Vojvodina

Leaders

Jovan Veselinov (1936)
Lazar Milankov (1936)
Žarko Zrenjanin (1938–1942)
Jovan Veselinov (1943–1946)
Dobrivoje Vidić (1946–1951)
Stevan Doronjski (1951–1966)
Mirko Tepavac (1966–1969)
Mirko Čanadanović (1969–1972)
Dušan Alimpić (1972–1981)
Boško Krunić (1981–1982)
Marko Đuričin (1982–1983)
Slavko Veselinov (1983–1984)
Boško Krunić (1984–1985)
Đorđe Stojšić (1985–1988)
Milovan Šogorov (Apr.–Oct. 1988)
Boško Kovačević (1988–1989)
Nedeljko Šipovac (1989–1990)

Secretaries

Mirko Čanadanović (1966–1969)
Miloš Radojčin (1969–1972)
Jon Srbovan (1972–1974)
Nándor Major (1974–1978)
Boško Krunić (1978–1982)
Sreta Stajić (1982–1984)
Katalin Hajnal (1984–1986)
Milovan Šogorov (1986–1988)
Janko Drča (Apr.–Oct. 1988)
Miodrag Koprivica (1988–1989)
Emilija Bruner-Bala (1989–1990)

Provincial Committee

President
Secretary
Presidency
Executive Secretary
Control Commission

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Provincial Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
<span style="color: white">Conferences</span>	1st: ? 2nd: ? 3rd: ? 4th: 1935 5th: 1938 6th: 1940 7th: 1945 8th: 1948 9th: 1951 10th: 1953 11th: 1956 12th: 1960 13th: 1965 14th: 1968 15th: 1974 16th: 1978 17th: 1982 18th: 1986 19th: 1989 20th: 1990

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