President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine) was the head of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predsednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine).
President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Emblem of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia | |
Appointer | Central Committee |
Formation | December 1943 |
First holder | Đuro Pucar |
Final holder | Nijaz Duraković |
Abolished | December 1990 |
The League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina was also an organization subordinate to the federal-level League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Between December 1943 and September 1952, the former was named the Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (being part of the larger Communist Party of Yugoslavia), until both parties were renamed "League of Communists" in 1952.
Key List President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Political parties
Here follows a list of the nine officeholders:
No. | Secretary | Lifespan | Term of office | Notes | |||
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Secretaries of the Central Committee | |||||||
1 | Đuro Pucar | 1899–1979 | December 1943 |
March 1965 |
Longest term in office. During his term, in May 1952, the party changed its name from Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina to League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
2 | Cvijetin Mijatović | 1913–1993 | March 1965 |
1969 |
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3 | Branko Mikulić | 1928–1994 | 1969 |
April 1978 |
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4 | Nikola Stojanović | 1933–2020 | April 1978 |
May 1982 |
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Presidents of the Presidency of the Central Committee | |||||||
5 | Hamdija Pozderac | 1923–1988 | 23 May 1982 |
28 May 1984 |
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6 | Mato Andrić | 1928–2015 | 28 May 1984 |
June 1986 |
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7 | Milan Uzelac | 1932–2005 | June 1986 |
May 1988 |
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8 | Abdulah Mutapčić | 1932– | May 1988 |
29 June 1989 |
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9 | Nijaz Duraković | 1949–2012 | 29 June 1989 |
December 1990 |
Party dissolved and reformed into the Social Democratic Party. | ||
See also
- League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- List of Presidents of the People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
- Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
- Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina