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Below is a list of presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present). It presents the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council, the country's seven-member executive. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the President of the Confederation chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties.
Having assumed de facto control over the party by 1937, Tito was formally elected its general secretary in 1939 and later its president, the title he held until his death. During World War II, after the Nazi invasion of the area, he led the Yugoslav guerrilla movement, the Partisans (1941–1945). [5]
After the liberation of Belgrade on 20 October 1944, the Communist-led government on 29 November 1945 declared King Peter II deposed and proclaimed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. From 1945 to 1953, the President of the Presidency of the National Assembly was the office of the Yugoslav head of state. The post was held by Ivan Ribar.
The Yugoslav Partisans, [note 1] [11] or the National Liberation Army, [note 2] officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, [note 3] [12] was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Nazi Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.
Acting member of the Presidency as President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. 4: Raif Dizdarević: 1926– 31 December 1987 15 May 1989 League of Communists of Yugoslavia: President of the Presidency: 15 May 1988 – 15 May 1989. 5: Bogić Bogićević: 1953– 15 May 1989 27 April 1992 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
A vice-president of the Federal Council is elected alongside the president of the Swiss Confederation; customarily, the elected vice-president is the member of the Federal Council who is expected to become president the following year. However, as for the choice of president, this rule is unwritten.
Radovan Karadžić was the President of the Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. He was also the founder and first leader of Serbian Democratic Party (SDS). Biljana Plavšić was the Vice President of the Republic of Srpska from 1992 to 1996. Following the war she succeeded Radovan Karadžić as the 2nd President of the Republic of Srpska in 1996.
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of armed conflicts on the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) that took place between 1991 and 2001. This article is a timeline of relevant events preceding, during, and after the wars.