League of Communists of Kosovo

Political party in Kosovo

League of Communists of Kosovo Savez komunista Kosova Савез комуниста Косова Lidhja e Komunistëve të Kosovës

Leader	President of the League of Communists of Kosovo
Founded	25 July 1937
Dissolved	12 October 1990
Headquarters	Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism Titoism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
Colours	Red
Party flag

Politics of Kosovo Political parties Elections Kosovo branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

The League of Communists of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Kosova, Савез комуниста Косова, SKK/СКК; Albanian: Lidhja e Komunistëve të Kosovës) was the Kosovo branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990.

History and background

Unlike the various factions throughout Yugoslavia which composed the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the Communist Party of Kosovo was founded on 25 July 1937. The status of an honorary autonomous province was presented to ethnic Albanian communists who helped the Yugoslav partisans in their struggles during World War II, carved out from the section of the former Ottoman province within the Socialist Republic of Serbia (i.e. whilst one chunk of the former province was given to Albania in 1912, the other sections of it were awarded to Yugoslavia's newly created republics: Montenegro and Macedonia). The new party was given the task of running certain local affairs. In 1952, the party was renamed the League of Communists of Kosovo.

From its creation, Kosovo's administration lacked real power. With various revisions of the constitution, the LCK was granted more and more power until when the new constitution was ratified in 1974, greater power was devolved to all branches.

During the early 1990s, growing ethnic tensions between the republics of Yugoslavia led to the breakup of the federal party — the Kosovo Communists wanted to upgrade Kosovo from an autonomous republic within Serbia to the 7th socialist republic of Yugoslavia, with the same status of Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia proper.

On October 12, 1990, it ceased to exist due to amendments to the constitution reverting Kosovo to its pre-1974 status by Slobodan Milosević.

Party leaders

Main article: President of the League of Communists of Kosovo

Miladin Popović (September 1944 – March 1945) (1910–1945)
Đorđije Pajković (March 1945 – February 1956) (1917–1980)
Dušan Mugoša (February 1956 – 1965) (1914–1973)
Veli Deva (1965 – 28 June 1971) (1924–2015)
Mahmut Bakalli (28 June 1971 – 6 May 1981) (1936–2006)
Veli Deva (6 May 1981 – June 1982) (1924–2015)
Sinan Hasani (June 1982 – May 1983) (1922–2010)
Ilaz Kurteshi (May 1983 – March 1984) (1927–2016)
Svetislav Dolašević (March 1984 – May 1985) (1926–1995)
Kolë Shiroka (May 1985 – May 1986) (1922-1994)
Azem Vllasi (May 1986 – May 1988) (born 1948)
Kaqusha Jashari (May 1988 - 17 November 1988) (born 1946)
Remzi Kolgeci (acting; 17 November 1988 – 27 January 1989) (1947–2011)
Rrahman Morina (27 January 1989 – 12 October 1990) (1943–1990)

References

Yugoslavia The Old Demons Arise, TIME Magazine, August 06, 1990

League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Central organisation

Leaders

Filip Filipović (1919–1921)
Živko Topalović (1919–1920)
Sima Marković (1920–1921)
Triša Kaclerović (1921–1922)
Sima Marković (1922–1923)
Triša Kaclerović (1923–1926)
Sima Marković (1926–1927)
Đuro Cvijić (1927–1928)
Filip Filipović (April.–Nov. 1928)
Jovan Mališić (1928–1930)
Filip Filipović (1930–1932)
Milan Gorkić (1932–1937)
Josip Broz Tito (1937–1980)
Stevan Doronjski (1980)
Lazar Mojsov (1980–1981)
Dušan Dragosavac (1981–1982)
Mitja Ribičič (1982–1983)
Dragoslav Marković (1983–1984)
Ali Šukrija (1984–1985)
Vidoje Žarković (1985–1986)
Milanko Renovica (1986–1987)
Boško Krunić (1987–1988)
Stipe Šuvar (1988–1989)
Milan Pančevski (1989–1990)
Miomir Grbović (May 1990)
Miroslav Ivanović (1990–1991)

Secretaries

Mijalko Todorović (1966–1969)
Stane Dolanc (1972–1979)
Dušan Dragosavac (1979–1981)
Dobroslav Čulafić (1981–1982)
Nikola Stojanović (1982–1984)
Dimče Belovski (1984–1986)
Radiša Gačić (1986–1988)
Štefan Korošec (1988–1990)
Petar Škundrić (acting, 1990)

Central Committee

National meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission Committee for the Preparation of the Democratic and Programmatic Renewal
Congresses	1st: 1919 2nd: 1920 3rd: 1926 4th: 1928 5th: 1948 6th: 1952 7th: 1958 8th: 1964 9th: 1969 10th: 1974 11th: 1978 12th: 1982 13th: 1986 14th: 1990
Conferences	1st: 1922 2nd: 1923 3rd: 1924 4th: 1934 5th: 1940 1st (6th): 1970 2nd (7th): 1972 3rd (8th): 1972 4th (9th): 1973 (10th): 1988

Rules

Elected by the
Central Committee

Presidency

Secretariat

Control Commission

Elected by
Congress

Central Committee	1st: 1919–1920 2nd: 1920–1926 3rd: 1926–1928 4th: 1928–1948 5th: 1948–1952 6th: 1952–1958 7th: 1958–1964 8th: 1964–1969 9th: 1969–1974 10th: 1974–1978 11th: 1978–1982 12th: 1982–1986 13th: 1986–1990
Statutory Commission	9th: 1969–1974 10th: 1974–1978 11th: 1978–1982 12th: 1982–1986 13th: 1986–1990
Supervisory Commission	5th: 1948–1952 6th: 1952–1958 7th: 1958–1964 8th: 1964–1969 9th: 1969–1974 10th: 1974–1978 11th: 1978–1982 12th: 1982–1986 13th: 1986–1990

Bosnian-Herzegovinian branch

Leaders

Isa Jovanović (1939–1943)
Đuro Pucar (1943–1965)
Cvijetin Mijatović (1965–1969)
Branko Mikulić (1969–1978)
Nikola Stojanović (1978–1982)
Hamdija Pozderac (1982–1984)
Mato Andrić (1984–1986)
Milan Uzelac (1986–1988)
Abdulah Mutapčić (1988–1989)
Nijaz Duraković (1989–1991)

Secretaries

Branko Mikulić (1966–1969)
Nijaz Dizdarević (Jan.–Apr. 1969)
Hamdija Pozderac (1969–1971)
Hasan Grabčanović (1971–1974)
Nikola Stojanović (1974–1978)
Hrvoje Ištuk (1978–1982)
Ivan Brigić (1982–1984)
Živko Grubor (1984–1986)
Šaban Kevrić (1986–1989)
Dragan Kragulj (1989–1991)

Central Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Congresses	1st: 1948 2nd: 1954 3rd: 1959 4th: 1965 5th: 1969 6th: 1974 7th: 1978 8th: 1982 9th: 1986 10th: 1989 11th: 1991

Elected by
Congress

Supervisory Commission	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1969 5th: 1969–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
Statutory Commission	5th: 1969–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
Central Committee	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1969 5th: 1969–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991

Croatian branch

Leaders

Đuro Špoljarić (1937–1939)
Rade Končar (1939–1940)
Vladimir Popović (1940–1942)
Andrija Hebrang (1942–1944)
Vladimir Bakarić (1944–1969)
Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1969–1971)
Milka Planinc (1971–1982)
Jure Bilić (1982–1983)
Josip Vrhovec (1983–1984)
Mika Špiljak (1984–1986)
Stanko Stojčević (1986–1989)
Ivica Račan (1989–1990)

Secretaries

Miko Tripalo (1966–1969)
Pero Pirker (1969–1971)
Josip Vrhovec (1971–1974)
Dušan Dragosavac (1974–1978)
Milutin Baltic (1978–1982)
Marijan Kalanj (1982–1984)
Stanko Stojčević (1984–1986)
Dragutin Dimitrović (1986–1989)
Boris Malada (1989–1990)

Central Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Congresses	1st: 1937 2nd: 1948 3rd: 1954 4th: 1959 5th: 1965 6th: 1968 7th: 1974 8th: 1978 9th: 1982 10th: 1986 11th: 1989 12th: 1990

Elected by
Congress

Supervisory Commission	1st: 1937–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
Statutory Commission	6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
Central Committee	1st: 1937–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990

Macedonian branch

Leaders

Blažo Orlandić (1939–1940)
Metodi Shatorov (1940–1941)
Lazar Koliševski (Aug.–Nov. 1941)
Bane Andrejev (1941–1942)
Cvetko Uzunovski (Jun.–Sep. 1942)
Kuzman Josifovski Pitu (1942–1943)
Lazar Koliševski (1943–1963)
Krste Crvenkovski (1963–1969)
Angel Čemerski (1969–1982)
Krste Markovski (1982–1984)
Milan Pančevski (1984–1986)
Jakov Lazaroski (1986–1989)
Petar Gošev (1989–1991)

Secretaries

Boško Stankovski (1966–1968)
Angel Čemerski (1968–1969)
Slavko Milosavlevski (1969–1972)
Boro Denkov (1972–1982)
Milan Pančevski (1982–1984)
Jakov Lazaroski (1984–1986)
Mihail Danev (1986–1989)
Tito Petkovski (1989–1991)

Central Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Congresses	1st: 1948 2nd: 1953 3rd: 1959 4th: 1963 5th: 1968 6th: 1974 7th: 1978 8th: 1982 9th: 1986 10th: 1989 11th: 1991

Elected by
Congress

Supervisory Commission	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
Statutory Commission	5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
Central Committee	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991

Montenegrin branch

Leaders

Jovan Tomašević (1920–1924)
Stanko Dragojević (Feb.–late 1924)
Aleksa Pavićević (1924–1925)
Nikola Kovačević (1925–1928)
Nisa Milanović (1928–1929)
Adolf Muk (Jul.–Oct. 1930)
Božo Ljumović (1932–1934)
Nikola Lekić (1934–1936)
Božo Ljumović (1940–1942)
Blažo Jovanović (1943–1963)
Đorđije Pajković (1963–1968)
Veselin Đuranović (1968–1977)
Vojislav Srzentić (1977–1982)
Dobroslav Ćulafić (1982–1984)
Vidoje Žarković (May–Jul. 1984)
Marko Orlandić (1984–1986)
Miljan Radović (1986–1989)
Veselin Vukotić (Jan.–Apr. 1988)
Milica Pejanović (April 1989)
Momir Bulatović (1989–1991)

Secretaries

Veselin Đuranović (1966–1968)
Dobroslav Ćulafić (1968–1969)
Vojislav Srzentić (1969–1974)
Miljan Radović (1974–1978)
Vuko Vukadinović (1978–1982)
Velisav Vuksanović (1982–1986)
Savo Šekarić (1986–1989)
Milo Đukanović (1989–1991)

Central Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Congresses	1st: 1948 2nd: 1954 3rd: 1959 4th: 1965 5th: 1968 6th: 1974 7th: 1978 8th: 1982 9th: 1986 10th: 1989 10th: 1991

Elected by
Congress

Supervisory Commission	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
Statutory Commission	5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991
Central Committee	1st: 1948–1954 2nd: 1954–1959 3rd: 1959–1965 4th: 1965–1968 5th: 1968–1974 6th: 1974–1978 7th: 1978–1982 8th: 1982–1986 9th: 1986–1989 10th: 1989–1991

Serbian branch

Leaders

Blagoje Parović (1933–1934)
Trajko Stamenković (1934–1935)
Aleksandar Ranković (1937–1941)
Blagoje Nešković (1941–1949)
Petar Stambolić (1949–1957)
Jovan Veselinov (1957–1966)
Dobrivoje Radosavljević (1966–1968)
Petar Stambolić (Jan.–Nov. 1968)
Marko Nikezić (1968–1972)
Tihomir Vlaškalić (1972–1982)
Dušan Čkrebić (1982–1984)
Ivan Stambolić (1984–1986)
Slobodan Milošević (1986–1989)
Bogdan Trifunović (1989–1990)

Secretaries

Stevan Doronjski (1966–1968)
Latinka Perović (1968–1972)
Nikola Petronić (1972–1974)
Đorđe Lazić (1974–1976)
Ivan Stambolić (1976–1978)
Spiro Galović (1978–1982)
Radiša Gačić (1982–1986)
Zoran Sokolović (1986–1989)
Milomir Minić (1989–1991)

Central Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Congresses	1st: 1945 2nd: 1949 3rd: 1954 4th: 1959 5th: 1965 6th: 1968 7th: 1974 8th: 1978 9th: 1982 10th: 1986 11th: 1989 12th: 1990

Elected by
Congress

Supervisory Commission	1st: 1945–1949 2nd: 1949–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
Statutory Commission	6th: 1969–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
Central Committee	1st: 1945–1949 2nd: 1949–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990

Slovenian branch

Leaders

Franc Leskošek (1937–1945)
Boris Kidrič (1945–1946)
Miha Marinko (1946–1966)
Albert Jakopič (1966–1968)
France Popit (1968–1982)
Andrej Marinc (1982–1986)
Milan Kučan (1986–1989)
Ciril Ribičič (1989–1990)

Secretaries

France Popit (1966–1968)
Andrej Marinc (1968–1972)
Franc Šetinc (1972–1982)
Miha Ravnik (1982–1986)
Miloš Prosenc (1986–1989)
Sonja Lokar (1989–1990)

Central Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Congresses	1st: 1937 2nd: 1948 3rd: 1954 4th: 1959 5th: 1965 6th: 1968 7th: 1974 8th: 1978 9th: 1982 10th: 1986 11th: 1989

Elected by
Congress

Supervisory Commission	1st: 1945–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
Statutory Commission	6th: 1969–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990
Central Committee	1st: 1945–1948 2nd: 1948–1954 3rd: 1954–1959 4th: 1959–1965 5th: 1965–1968 6th: 1968–1974 7th: 1974–1978 8th: 1978–1982 9th: 1982–1986 10th: 1986–1989 11th: 1989–1990

Yugoslav People's Army branch

Leaders

Džemil Šarac (1971–1978)
Dane Ćuić (1978–1984)
Georgije Jovičić (1984–1988)
Petar Šimić (1988–1990)
Božidar Grubišić (May–Dec. 1990)

Secretaries

Milan Krdžić (1975–1978)
Georgije Jovičić (1978–1982)
Slavko Maričević (1982–1984)
Simeon Bunčić (1984–1988)
Nebojša Tica (1988–1990)

Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Conferences	1st: 1969 2nd: 1970 3rd: 1971 4th: 1972 5th: 1977 6th: 1980 7th: 1982 8th: 1986 9th: 1989 10th: 1990

Provincial committees with representation in the LCY's leading bodies

Kosovo

Leaders

Miladin Popović (Jul.–Dec. 1937)
Petar Radović (1937–1938)
Miladin Popović (1939–1941)
Boro Vukmirović (1941–1943)
Pavle Jovićević (1943–1944)
Miladin Popović (1944–1945)
Đorđije Pajković (1945–1956)
Dušan Mugoša (Feb.–Jun. 1956)
Veli Deva (1956–1971)
Mahmut Bakalli (1971–1981)
Veli Deva (1981–1982)
Sinan Hasani (1982–1983)
Ilijaz Kurteši (1983–1984)
Svetislav Dolašević (1984–1985)
Kolj Široka (1985–1986)
Azem Vllasi (1986–1988)
Kaqusha Jashari (Apr.–Nov. 1988)
Remzi Kolgeci (1988–1989)
Rahman Morina (1989–1990)

Secretaries

? (1966–1969)
Mihajlo Zvicer (1969–1972)
Dušan Ristić (1972–1978)
Petar Kostić (1978–1982)
Mitar Samardžić (1982–1984)
Bajram Seljami (1984–1986)
Vojislav Zajić (1986–1988)
? (1988–1989)
Ljubomir Popović (1989–1990)

Provincial Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Central Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Conferences	1st: 1937 2nd: 1939 3rd: 1945 4th: 1948 5th: 1951 6th: 1953 7th: 1956 8th: 1959 9th: 1965 10th: 1968 11th: 1974 12th: 1978 13th: 1982 14th: 1986 15th: 1989 16th: 1990

Vojvodina

Leaders

Jovan Veselinov (1936)
Lazar Milankov (1936)
Žarko Zrenjanin (1938–1942)
Jovan Veselinov (1943–1946)
Dobrivoje Vidić (1946–1951)
Stevan Doronjski (1951–1966)
Mirko Tepavac (1966–1969)
Mirko Čanadanović (1969–1972)
Dušan Alimpić (1972–1981)
Boško Krunić (1981–1982)
Marko Đuričin (1982–1983)
Slavko Veselinov (1983–1984)
Boško Krunić (1984–1985)
Đorđe Stojšić (1985–1988)
Milovan Šogorov (Apr.–Oct. 1988)
Boško Kovačević (1988–1989)
Nedeljko Šipovac (1989–1990)

Secretaries

Mirko Čanadanović (1966–1969)
Miloš Radojčin (1969–1972)
Jon Srbovan (1972–1974)
Nándor Major (1974–1978)
Boško Krunić (1978–1982)
Sreta Stajić (1982–1984)
Katalin Hajnal (1984–1986)
Milovan Šogorov (1986–1988)
Janko Drča (Apr.–Oct. 1988)
Miodrag Koprivica (1988–1989)
Emilija Bruner-Bala (1989–1990)

Provincial Committee

Branch meetings

Elected organs	Provincial Committee Commission on Statutory Questions Supervisory Commission
Conferences	1st: ? 2nd: ? 3rd: ? 4th: 1935 5th: 1938 6th: 1940 7th: 1945 8th: 1948 9th: 1951 10th: 1953 11th: 1956 12th: 1960 13th: 1965 14th: 1968 15th: 1974 16th: 1978 17th: 1982 18th: 1986 19th: 1989 20th: 1990

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