President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia

The office of the president of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Predsjedništva SFRJ / Председник Председништва СФРЈ, Macedonian: Претседател на Претседателството СФРЈ, romanized: Pretsedatel na Pretsedatelstvoto SFRJ, Slovene: Predsednik Predsedstva SFRJ) existed from the death of the President of the Republic Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 until the dissolution of the country by 1992.

President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
StatusAbolished
Member ofPresidency of Yugoslavia
Term length1 year
PrecursorPresident of Yugoslavia
Formation4 May 1980
First holderLazar Koliševski
Final holderStjepan Mesić
Abolished15 June 1992
Superseded byPresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
President of Croatia
President of Serbia and Montenegro
President of North Macedonia
President of Slovenia
DeputyVice President of the Presidency

A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the 1963 Constitution in 1971.[1] In 1974 a new Constitution was adopted which reaffirmed the collective federal presidency consisting of representatives of the six republics, the two autonomous provinces within Serbia and (until 1988) the President of the League of Communists. The 1974 Constitution defined the office of President of the Presidency, but only coming into effect with the disestablishment of the office of President of the Republic.[2] A separate article affirmed Josip Broz Tito with an unlimited mandate which ensured the new President of the Presidency would not come into effect until after his death.[3] Simultaneously an office of Vice President of the Presidency had been in place since 1971 on a rotating annual basis between republican and provincial representatives. When Tito died on 4 May 1980, the then Vice President of the Presidency Lazar Koliševski acceded to the role of President of the Presidency. Subsequent to this the role of President of the Presidency would rotate on an annual basis with each President serving as Vice President the year prior.

List of presidents

  League of Communists of Yugoslavia   Liberal Democracy of Slovenia   Socialist Party of Serbia   Croatian Democratic Union   Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro   Denotes an acting head of state

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Representing Term of office Political party Note
Took office Left office Time in office
1
Lazar Koliševski
Lazar Koliševski
(1914–2000)		Macedonia4 May 198015 May 198011 daysSKJ
2
Cvijetin Mijatović
Cvijetin Mijatović
(1913–1993)		Bosnia and
Herzegovina		15 May 198015 May 19811 year, 0 daysSKJ
3
Sergej Kraigher
Sergej Kraigher
(1914–2001)		Slovenia15 May 198115 May 19821 year, 0 daysSKJ
4
Petar Stambolić
Petar Stambolić
(1912–2007)		Serbia15 May 198215 May 19831 year, 0 daysSKJ
5
Mika Špiljak
Mika Špiljak
(1916–2007)		Croatia15 May 198315 May 19841 year, 0 daysSKJ
6
Veselin Đuranović
Veselin Đuranović
(1925–1997)		Montenegro15 May 198415 May 19851 year, 0 daysSKJ
7
Radovan Vlajković
Radovan Vlajković
(1922–2001)		SAP Vojvodina15 May 198515 May 19861 year, 0 daysSKJ
8
Sinan Hasani
Sinan Hasani
(1922–2010)		SAP Kosovo15 May 198615 May 19871 year, 0 daysSKJ
9
Lazar Mojsov
Lazar Mojsov
(1920–2011)		Macedonia15 May 198715 May 19881 year, 0 daysSKJ
10
Raif Dizdarević
Raif Dizdarević
(born 1926)		Bosnia and
Herzegovina		15 May 198815 May 19891 year, 0 daysSKJ
11
Janez Drnovšek
Janez Drnovšek
(1950–2008)		Slovenia15 May 198915 May 19901 year, 0 daysSKJ
LDS		Joined Liberal Democracy of Slovenia in February 1990.
12
Borisav Jović
Borisav Jović
(1928–2021)		Serbia15 May 199015 May 19911 year, 0 daysSKJ
SPS		SKJ dissolved in 1990.
In Serbia the party was succeeded by the SPS.
–
Sejdo Bajramović
Sejdo Bajramović
(1927–1993)
Acting		AP Kosovo16 May 199130 June 199145 daysSPSActing president.
13
Stjepan Mesić
Stjepan Mesić
(born 1934)		Croatia30 June 19915 December 1991158 daysHDZLast President of Yugoslavia.
–
Branko Kostić
Branko Kostić
(1939–2020)
Acting		Montenegro5 December 199115 June 1992193 daysDPSActing president.
Installed by Serbia and Montenegro.

See also
Politics of Yugoslavia
Constitution
  • Executive
  • Legislative
Elections
Administrative divisions
Breakup
Foreign relations

References
  1. "Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Vol. XXVII, no. 29. Belgrade. 8 July 1971.
  2. "Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Vol. XXX, no. 9. Belgrade. 21 February 1974.
  3. "Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Vol. XXX, no. 9. Belgrade. 21 February 1974.
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