President of the League of Communists of Slovenia explained

Post:General Secretary of Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Insigniacaption:Emblems of the LCY
Type:Party leader
Termlength:Four years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Appointer:ZKS Central Committee
Constituting Instrument:LCY Charter & ZKS Charter
Formation:18 April 1937
First:Franc Leskošek
Last:Ciril Ribičič
Abolished:27 October 1990
Member Of:LCY Presidency and SRS Presidency

The General secretary was the leader of the League of Communists of Slovenia (ZKS), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (SRS) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the ZKS 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 SRS Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the ZKS Central Committee. The 8th ZKS 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 Slovenia", 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 17 April 1937, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Slovenia. On 18 April, the Central Committee of the 1st Congress elected Franc Leskošek as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Slovene republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Slovenia. 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 ZKS Central Committee convened a meeting on 17 October 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Slovene party leader. The 9th ZKS Congress introduced another set of reforms on 30 July 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 Slovenia". This office was retained until 27 October 1990, when the party changed its name to the "League of Communists of Slovenia — Party of Democratic Reform" on 17 July 1990.

Office history

scope=col Titlescope=col Establishedscope=col Abolishedscope=col Established by
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Slovenia
Slovenian: Sekretar Pokrajinskega komiteja Komunistične partije Jugoslavije za Slovenijo
23 April 191918 April 19371st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists)
Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Sekretar Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije
18 April 193717 October 19661st Congress of the Communist Party of Slovenia
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Predsednik Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije
17 October 196630 July 1982? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Predsednik predsedstva Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije
30 July 198227 October 19909th Congress of the League of Communists of Slovenia

Officeholders

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Portraitscope=col Namescope=col Took officescope=col Left officescope=col scope=col Term of officescope=col scope=col scope=col scope=col class="unsortable"
118 April 1937December 19451st
(1937–1948)
189719261983[1]
2December 1945June 19461st
(1937–1948)
191219281953[2]
3June 194617 October 19661st–5th
(1937–1968)
190019231983
417 October 196611 December 19685th
(1965–1968)
191419421996[3]
511 December 196830 July 19825th–8th
(1968–1982)
192119402013[4]
630 July 198219 April 19869th
(1982–1986)
19301947Alive
719 April 198623 December 198910th
(1986–1989)
19411958Alive
823 December 198927 October 199011th
(1989–1990)
1947?Alive

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leskošek, Franc . Leskošek, Franc . sl . . Božič, Kristina . 9 January 2019 . 9 June 2023 . 9 June 2023 . https://archive.today/20230609171352/https://www.obrazislovenskihpokrajin.si/oseba/leskosek-luka-franc/ .
  2. Web site: Boris Kidrič . Boris Kidrič . sl . . 15 June 2023 . 15 June 2023 . Mencinger, Jože . https://archive.today/20230615111609/https://www.sazu.si/clani/boris-kidric .
  3. Web site: Jakopič, Albert (1914–1996) . Jakopič, Albert (1914–1996) . sl . . 6 June 2023 . 6 June 2023 . https://archive.today/20230606134844/https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi1013060/ .
  4. Web site: Umrl je France Popit (1921-2013) . France Popit died (1921-2013) . sl . . 28 January 2013 . 7 May 2023 . 7 May 2023 . https://archive.today/20230507121514/https://old.delo.si/novice/politika/umrl-je-france-popit-1921-2013.html .