President of the League of Communists of Slovenia

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.

General Secretary of Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Slovene: Generalni sekretar Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije
Emblems of the LCY
Longest serving
Miha Marinko

June 1946 – 17 October 1966
TypeParty leader
Member ofLCY Presidency and SRS Presidency
AppointerZKS Central Committee
Term lengthFour years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Constituting instrumentLCY Charter & ZKS Charter
Formation18 April 1937
First holderFranc Leskošek
Final holderCiril Ribičič
Abolished27 October 1990

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

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Title Established Abolished Established by
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Slovenia
Slovene: Sekretar Pokrajinskega komiteja Komunistične partije Jugoslavije za Slovenijo
23 April 1919 18 April 1937 1st 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 1937 17 October 1966 1st 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 1966 30 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 1982 27 October 1990 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Slovenia

Officeholders

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Presidents of the League of Communists of Slovenia
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Tenure Term of office Birth PM Death Ref.
1   Franc Leskošek 18 April 1937 December 1945 8 years, 227 days 1st
(1937–1948)
1897 1926 1983 [1]
2   Boris Kidrič December 1945 June 1946 182 days 1st
(1937–1948)
1912 1928 1953 [2]
3   Miha Marinko June 1946 17 October 1966 20 years, 138 days 1st5th
(1937–1968)
1900 1923 1983 [3]
4   Albert Jakopič 17 October 1966 11 December 1968 2 years, 55 days 5th
(1965–1968)
1914 1942 1996 [4]
5   France Popit 11 December 1968 30 July 1982 13 years, 128 days 5th8th
(1968–1982)
1921 1940 2013 [5]
6   Andrej Marinc 30 July 1982 19 April 1986 3 years, 263 days 9th
(1982–1986)
1930 1947 Alive [6]
7   Milan Kučan 19 April 1986 23 December 1989 3 years, 248 days 10th
(1986–1989)
1941 1958 Alive [7]
8   Ciril Ribičič 23 December 1989 27 October 1990 308 days 11th
(1989–1990)
1947 ? Alive [8]

References

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  1. ^ Božič, Kristina (9 January 2019). "Leskošek, Franc" [Leskošek, Franc] (in Slovenian). Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ Mencinger, Jože. "Boris Kidrič" [Boris Kidrič] (in Slovenian). Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ^ Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 383.
  4. ^ "Jakopič, Albert (1914–1996)" [Jakopič, Albert (1914–1996)] (in Slovenian). Slovenska biografija of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Umrl je France Popit (1921-2013)" [France Popit died (1921-2013)]. Delo (in Slovenian). 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ Stroynowski 1989b, p. 734; Stanković 1981, p. 133.
  7. ^ Plut-Pregelj et al. 2018, pp. 301–302; Stroynowski 1989b, p. 637.
  8. ^ Plut-Pregelj et al. 2018, p. 475.

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