Leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Emblem of the Party
Seat	Building of Socio-Political Organizations, Belgrade (1965–1990)
Appointer	Central Committee
Precursor	Collective leadership (1919–1934)
Formation	December 1934
First holder	Milan Gorkić
Final holder	Milan Pančevski
Abolished	30 June 1990

The President of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, formerly the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, was the head of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.

As the leader of the Central Committee, the President was the de facto leader of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The longest serving officeholder was Josip Broz Tito, serving from 1939 to his death in 1980.

Collective leadership (1919–1934)

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Central Committee (term)
Political Secretaries (1919–1921)
1		Filipović, FilipFilip Filipović (1878–1938)	April 1919	August 1921	2 years, 4 months	1st (1919–1920) 2nd (1920–1926)
1		Topalović, ŽivkoŽivko Topalović (1886–1972)	April 1919	June 1920	1 year, 7 months	1st (1919–1920)
2		Marković, SimaSima Marković (1888–1939)	June 1920	August 1921	9 months	2nd (1920–1926)
Organizational Secretary (1919–1921)
1		Ćopić, VladimirVladimir Ćopić (1891–1939)	April 1919	August 1921	2 years, 4 months	1st (1919–1920) 2nd (1920–1926)
After being banned in 1921, the Alternative Central Party Leadership, formed in June 1921, assumed leadership:
Alternative Central Party Leadership (1921–1922)
3		Novaković, KostaKosta Novaković (1886–1939)	August 1921	July 1922	11 months	2nd (1920–1926)
3		Kaclerović, TrišaTriša Kaclerović (1879–1964)	August 1921	July 1922	11 months	2nd (1920–1926)
3		Pijade, MošaMoša Pijade (1890–1957)	August 1921	July 1922	11 months	2nd (1920–1926)
A split in the leadership led to the formation of the Executive Committee in Emigration in opposition to the leadership:
Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration (1921–1922)
4		Marković, SimaSima Marković (1888–1939)	September 1921	July 1922	10 months	—
The factions were reunited at the First State Conference held in Vienna, Austria in July 1922.
Secretaries (1922–1926)
5		Marković, SimaSima Marković (1888–1939)	July 1922	May 1923	10 months	2nd (1920–1926)
6		Kaclerović, TrišaTriša Kaclerović (1879–1964)	May 1923	May 1926	3 years	2nd (1920–1926)
Political Secretary (1926–1928)
7		Marković, SimaSima Marković (1888–1939)	May 1926	April 1928	1 year, 11 months	3rd (1926–1928)
Organizational Secretary (1926–1928)
7		Vujović, RadomirRadomir Vujović (1895–1938)	May 1926	April 1928	1 year, 11 months	3rd (1926–1928)
The Central Committee was deposed in April 1928 by the Comintern and replaced by a temporary leadership:
Temporary Leadership (1928)
8		Đaković, ĐuroĐuro Đaković (1886–1929)	April 1928	November 1928	7 months	—
Political Secretary (1928–1930)
9		Mališić, JovanJovan Mališić (1902–1939)	November 1928	August 1930	1 year, 9 months	4th (1928–1934)
Organizational Secretary (1928–1929)
9		Đaković, ĐuroĐuro Đaković (1886–1929)	December 1928	25 April 1929 †	5 months	4th (1928–1934)
Since 1930 the party leadership was in exile in Vienna, Austria with no contact to the country until 1934.

Officeholders (1934–1990)

Political Secretary of the Central Committee (1934–1936)

No.	Portrait	Political Secretary	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Central Committee (Term)
1		Gorkić, MilanMilan Gorkić (1904–1937)	December 1934	November 1936	1 year, 11 months	4th (1934–1940)

General Secretary of the Central Committee (1936–1964)

No.	Portrait	General Secretary	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Central Committee (Term)
1		Gorkić, MilanMilan Gorkić (1904–1937)	November 1936	23 October 1937	11 months	4th (1934–1940)
2		Tito, Josip BrozJosip Broz Tito (1892–1980)	March 1939	13 August 1964	25 years, 5 months	4th (1934–1940) 5th (1940–1948) 6th (1948–1958) 7th (1958–1964)

President of the Presidium (1964–1990)

No.	Portrait	President	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Central Committee (Term)	Represented
1		Tito, Josip BrozJosip Broz Tito (1892–1980)	13 August 1964	4 May 1980 †	15 years, 265 days	8th (1964–1969) 9th (1969–1974) 10th (1974–1978) 11th (1978–1982)	—
2		Doronjski, StevanStevan Doronjski (1919–1981)	4 May 1980	20 October 1980	169 days	11th (1978–1982)	LC Vojvodina
3	Lazar Mojsov	Mojsov, LazarLazar Mojsov (1920–2011)	20 October 1980	20 October 1981	1 year, 0 days	11th (1978–1982)	LC Macedonia
4	Dušan Dragosavac	Dragosavac, DušanDušan Dragosavac (1919–2014)	20 October 1981	29 June 1982	252 days	11th (1978–1982)	LC Croatia
5		Ribičič, MitjaMitja Ribičič (1919–2013)	29 June 1982	30 June 1983	1 year, 1 day	12th (1982–1986)	LC Slovenia
6		Marković, DragoslavDragoslav Marković (1920–2005)	30 June 1983	26 June 1984	362 days	12th (1982–1986)	LC Serbia
7		Shukriu, AliAli Shukriu (1919–2005)	26 June 1984	25 June 1985	364 days	12th (1982–1986)	LC Kosovo
8		Žarković, VidojeVidoje Žarković (1927–2000)	25 June 1985	28 June 1986	1 year, 3 days	12th (1982–1986)	LC Montenegro
9		Renovica, MilankoMilanko Renovica (1928–2013)	28 June 1986	30 June 1987	1 year, 2 days	13th (1986–1990)	LC Bosnia and Herzegovina
10		Krunić, BoškoBoško Krunić (1929–2017)	30 June 1987	30 June 1988	1 year, 0 days	13th (1986–1990)	LC Vojvodina
11	Stipe Šuvar	Šuvar, StipeStipe Šuvar (1936–2004)	30 June 1988	17 May 1989	321 days	13th (1986–1990)	LC Croatia
12		Pančevski, MilanMilan Pančevski (1935–2019)	17 May 1989	30 June 1990	1 year, 44 days	13th (1986–1990)	LC Macedonia

See also

• League of Communists of Yugoslavia
• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
• List of Deputy Heads of State of Yugoslavia
  • Presidency of Yugoslavia
• Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• List of Presidents of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia