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League of Communists of Yugoslavia: 1: Edvard Kardelj: 1910–1979 15 May 1974 10 February 1979 League of Communists of Yugoslavia: Died in office. 2: Sergej Kraigher: 1914–2001 February 1979 15 May 1984 League of Communists of Yugoslavia: President of the Presidency: 15 May 1981 – 15 May 1982: 3: Stane Dolanc: 1925–1999 15 May 1984 15 ...
The Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) held its 8th session in Belgrade on 23–24 September 1987. This session proved to be a turning point in the history of Serbia and Yugoslavia, as it marked the rise of Slobodan Milošević as the key force in Serbian politics.
Slobodan Milošević (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced [slobǒdan milǒːʃevitɕ] ⓘ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989–1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 until his оverthrow in 2000.
[6] [7] Josip Broz Tito was the president of SKJ until his death in 1980. [8] After Tito's death, Yugoslavia was faced with issues related to the economy, constitutional problems, and a potential rise in ethnic nationalism. [9] Yugoslavia initially implemented austerity measures to reduce its debt. [10]
The president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the head of state of that country from 14 January 1953 to 4 May 1980. Josip Broz Tito was the only person to occupy the office. Tito was also concurrently President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia .
The office of the president of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [a] 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. A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the 1963 Constitution in 1971. [1]
Djilas was widely regarded as Tito's possible successor and in 1953 he was about to be chosen as President of Yugoslavia. He became President of the Federal People's Assembly of Yugoslavia , but he only held office from 25 December 1953 to 16 January 1954.
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was created by the unification of the Kingdom of Serbia (the Kingdom of Montenegro had united with Serbia five days previously, while the regions of Kosovo, Vojvodina and Vardar Macedonia were parts of Serbia prior to the unification) and the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (itself formed from territories of the former Austria-Hungary ...