President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine
Emblems of the LCY
Longest serving
Đuro Pucar
5 November 1948 – 5 March 1965
TypeParty leader
Member ofLCY Presidency and SRBM Presidency
AppointerCentral Committee
Term lengthTwo years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrumentLCY Charter & LCBM Charter
Formation5 November 1948
First holderĐuro Pucar
Final holderNijaz Duraković
Abolished24 February 1991

The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (LCBM), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SRBM) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the LCBM Central Committee elected the president. Moreover, the Central Committee was empowered to remove the president. The president served ex officio as a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) and of the SRBM Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the LCBM Central Committee. The 8th LCBM Congress instituted a two-year term limits for officeholders.

The office traces its lineage back to the office of "Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Bosnia and Herzegovina," established after the founding of the LCY in 1919. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Central Committee. On 1 November 1948, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 5 November, the Central Committee of the 1st Congress elected Đuro Pucar as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Bosnian republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 4 October 1966, the 5th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the LCY 8th Congress abolished the office of General Secretary at the national level and replaced with the office of President. The LCBM Central Committee convened a meeting later on 14 November 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Bosnian party leader. The 8th LCBM Congress introduced another set of reforms on 20 May 1982, which abolished the existing office and replaced it with the "President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina". This office was retained until 24 February 1991, when the party changed its name to the Social Democratic Party.

Office history

Title Established Abolished Established by
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian: Sekretar Pokrajinskog komiteta Komunističke partije Jugoslavije za Bosne i Hercegovine 		23 April 1919 5 November 1948 1st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists)
Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian: Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine 		5 November 1948 14 November 1966 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine 		14 November 1966 29 May 1982 ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Predsjedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine 		29 May 1982 24 February 1991 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Officeholders

Provincial

Leaders of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Bosnia and Herzegovina
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Birth PM Death Ref.
1 Isa Jovanović 1939 8 July 1943 3 years, 188 days 1906 1928 1983 [1]
2 Đuro Pucar 8 July 1943 5 November 1948 5 years, 120 days 1899 1922 1979 [2]

Republican

Leaders of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Term of office Birth PM Death Ref.
1 Đuro Pucar 5 November 1948 5 March 1965 16 years, 120 days 1st–3rd
(1948–1965) 		1899 1922 1979 [2]
2 Cvijetin Mijatović 5 March 1965 9 April 1969 3 years, 35 days 4th–5th
(1965–1974) 		1913 1934 1993 [3]
3 Branko Mikulić 9 April 1969 11 May 1978 9 years, 32 days 5th–6th
(1969–1978) 		1928 1945 1994 [4]
4 Nikola Stojanović 11 May 1978 20 May 1982 4 years, 9 days 7th
(1982–1986) 		1933 1945 2020 [5]
5 Hamdija Pozderac 20 May 1982 28 May 1984 2 years, 8 days 8th
(1982–1986) 		1924 1943 1988 [6]
6 Mato Andrić 28 May 1984 21 May 1986 1 year, 358 days 8th
(1982–1986) 		1928 1945 2015 [7]
7 Milan Uzelac 21 May 1986 May 1988 1 year, 346 days 9th
(1986–1989) 		1932 1949 2005 [8]
8 Abdulah Mutapčić May 1988 29 June 1989 1 year, 59 days 9th
(1986–1989) 		1932 ? Alive
9 Nijaz Duraković 29 June 1989 24 February 1991 1 year, 240 days 9th–10th
(1986–1991) 		1949 1967 2012 [9]

References

  1. ^ Tito 1984, p. 347.
  2. ^ a b Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 498; Zalar 1961, p. 368.
  3. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 403; Stroynowski 1989b, p. 775.
  4. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 405; Stroynowski 1989b, p. 779.
  5. ^ "Umro Nikola Stojanović" [Nikola Stojanović has died] (in Bosnian). Historiografija.ba. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. ^ Obajdin, Dilajla (4 April 2008). "Hamdija Pozderac rođen.1924. -1988. – bh.političar i državnik" [Hamdija Pozderac born.1924. -1988 – BiH politician and statesman] (in Bosnian). Infobiro. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. ^ Stroynowski 1989a, p. 19.
  8. ^ Staff writer 1969, p. 17; Staff writer 1986, p. 17.
  9. ^ "U Sarajevu umro Nijaz Duraković" [Nijaz Duraković died in Sarajevo] (in Bosnian). Al Jazeera Balkans. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

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