Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia
President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Croatia | |
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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.
The role was later formalized as holding ex officio positions within both the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia and the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
List
Here follows a list of the twelve officeholders:
No. | Secretary | Lifespan | Term of office | Notes | |||
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Secretaries of the Central Committee | |||||||
1 | Đuro Špoljarić | 1906–1991 | August 1937 |
1939 |
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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 |
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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 |
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7 | Milka Planinc | 1924–2010 | 14 December 1971 |
May 1982 |
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Presidents of the Presidency of the Central Committee | |||||||
8 | Jure Bilić | 1922–2006 | May 1982 |
1 July 1983 |
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9 | Josip Vrhovec | 1926–2006 | 1 July 1983 |
15 May 1984 |
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10 | Mika Špiljak | 1916–2007 | 15 May 1984 |
May 1986 |
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11 | Stanko Stojčević | 1929– | May 1986 |
December 1989 |
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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
- Prime Minister of Croatia
- Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
- List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
- Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
- Politics of Croatia