President of the League of Communists of Montenegro explained

Post:President of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Insigniacaption:Emblems of the LCY
Type:Party leader
Termlength:Two years, non-renewable
(1982–1991)
Appointer:Central Committee
Constituting Instrument:LCY Charter & LCM Charter
Formation:7 October 1948
First:Blažo Jovanović
Last:Momir Bulatović
Abolished:22 June 1991
Member Of:LCY Presidency and SRM Presidency

The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Montenegro (LCM), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro (SRM) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Party rules stipulated that the LCM 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 SRM Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Presidency of the LCM Central Committee. The 8th LCM 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 Montenegro," established on 4 April 1920. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Central Committee. On 4 October 1948, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Montenegro. On 7 October, the Central Committee of the 1st Congress elected Blažo Jovanović as "Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Montenegro". The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Montenegrin republican branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Montenegro. 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 LCM Central Committee convened a meeting later in 1966 in which the office of secretary was abolished, and the "President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro" was formed. The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the republican branches and gave more powers to the Montenegrin party leader. The 8th LCM Congress introduced another set of reforms on 1 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 Montenegro". This office was retained until 22 June 1991, when the party changed its name to the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro.

Office history

scope=col Titlescope=col Establishedscope=col Abolishedscope=col Established by
Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Montenegro
Sekretar Pokrajinskog komiteta Komunističke partije Jugoslavije za Crne Gore
23 April 19192 August 19371st Congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Yugoslavia (Communists)
Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian: Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore
2 August 193714 November 19661st Congress of the Communist Party of Montenegro
President of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore
14 November 19661 July 19827th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress
President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Crne Gore
1 July 198224 February 19918th Congress of the League of Communists of Montenegro

Officeholders

Provincial

! scope=col class="unsortable"
Portraitscope=col Namescope=col Took officescope=col Left officescope=col Term of officescope=col scope=col scope=col scope=col class="unsortable"
14 April 192024 February 1924189219191924
224 February 1924Late 1924189319191933[1]
3Late 1924November 192518961919?
4November 1925February 1928189019201964[2]
5October 1928July 192918941920?
6July 1930October 1930189319191943
7October 193230 August 1934189619191986
830 August 1934July 1936190919311941
79 August 19401942190719241976
9May 19437 October 1948190719241976

Republican

! scope=col class="unsortable"
Portraitscope=col Namescope=col Took officescope=col Left officescope=col scope=col Term of officescope=col scope=col scope=col scope=col class="unsortable"
17 October 194829 June 19631st–3rd
(1948–1965)
190719241976
229 June 196314 December 19683rd–4th
(1959–1968)
191719361980
314 December 196821 March 19775th–6th
(1968–1978)
192519441997
421 March 19771 July 19826th–7th
(1974–1982)
19341952Alive
51 July 1982May 19848th
(1982–1986)
192619442011
6May 198430 July 19848th
(1982–1986)
192719432000
730 July 198423 April 19868th
(1982–1986)
193019482019[3]
823 April 198612 January 19899th
(1986–1989)
193319512015
912 January 198926 April 19899th
(1986–1989)
1949?Alive[4]
1026 April 198928 April 19899th
(1986–1989)
1959?Alive
1128 April 198922 June 199110th
(1989–1991)
1956?2019

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vatreni borac za slobodu, istinu i socijalnu pravdu . A fiery fighter for freedom, truth and social justice . Montenegrin . . Ćetković, Borivoje . 7 September 2023 . 7 September 2023 . https://archive.today/20230907150833/https://old.dan.co.me/?nivo=3&rubrika=Ljudi%20i%20dogadjaji&clanak=727561&datum=2019-12-31 .
  2. Web site: Nikola Kovačević . Nikola Kovačević . Montenegrin . . 7 September 2023 . 7 September 2023 . https://archive.today/20230907151117/https://www.skupstina.me/me/predsjednici/nikola-kovacevic .
  3. Web site: Preminuo Marko Orlandić . Marko Orlandić passed away . sr . . 20 December 2019 . 24 May 2023 . 24 May 2023 . https://archive.today/20230524195527/https://www.rts.rs/lat/vesti/region/3781394/preminuo-marko-orlandic.html .
  4. Web site: Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 – An Austrian in the Balkans . de, en . . 6 September 2023 . 6 September 2023 . https://archive.today/20230906064439/https://hayek-institut.at/an-austrian-in-the-balkans/ .