President of the League of Communists of Macedonia
The Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia (Macedonian: Секретар на Централниот комитет на Сојузот на комунистите на Македонија) was the head of the League of Communists of Macedonia, heading the Central Committee of the Party. The holder of the office was, for a significant period, the de facto most influential politician in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. The official name of the office was changed in May 1982 from "Secretary of the Central Committee" to President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia (Претседател на Президиумот на Централниот комитет на Сојузот на комунистите на Македонија).
President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Macedonia | |
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Emblem of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia | |
Appointer | Central Committee |
Formation | September 1940 |
First holder | Metodi Shatorov |
Final holder | Petar Gošev |
Abolished | April 1991 |
The League of Communists of Macedonia was also an organization subordinate to the federal-level League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Between March 1943 and September 1952, the former was named the Communist Party of Macedonia (being part of the larger Communist Party of Yugoslavia), until both parties were renamed "League of Communists" in 1952.
List
Here follows a list of the eight officeholders:
No. | Secretary | Lifespan | Term of office | Notes | |||
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Secretaries of the Provincial Committee | |||||||
1 | Metodi Shatorov | 1897–1944 | September 1940 |
October 1941 |
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2 | Lazar Koliševski | 1914–2000 | October 1941 |
March 1943 |
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Secretaries of the Central Committee | |||||||
2 | Lazar Koliševski | 1914–2000 | March 1943 |
July 1963 |
Longest term in office. During his term, in May 1952, the party changed its name from Communist Party of Macedonia to League of Communists of Macedonia. | ||
3 | Krste Crvenkovski | 1921–2001 | July 1963 |
March 1969 |
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4 | Angel Čemerski | 1923–2005 | March 1969 |
May 1982 |
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Presidents of the Presidency of the Central Committee | |||||||
5 | Krste Markovski | 1925– | May 1982 |
5 May 1984 |
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6 | Milan Pančevski | 1935–2019 | 5 May 1984 |
June 1986 |
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7 | Jakov Lazarovski | 1936– | June 1986 |
1989 |
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8 | Petar Gošev | 1948– | 1989 |
April 1991 |
Party dissolved and reformed into the Social Democratic Union. | ||
See also
- League of Communists of Macedonia
- League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Macedonia
- President of North Macedonia
- Prime Minister of North Macedonia
- List of Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia
- List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
- Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
- Politics of North Macedonia