President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia

Member of	Presidency of Yugoslavia
Term length	1 year
Precursor	President of Yugoslavia
Formation	4 May 1980
First holder	Lazar Koliševski
Final holder	Stjepan Mesić
Abolished	15 June 1992
Deputy	Vice President of the Presidency

The office of the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia existed from the death of the President of the Republic Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 until the dissolution of the country by 1992.

A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the 1963 Constitution in 1971. In 1974 a new Constitution was adopted which reaffirmed the collective federal presidency consisting of representatives of the six republics, the two autonomous provinces within Serbia and (until 1988) the President of the League of Communists. The 1974 Constitution defined the office of President of the Presidency, but only coming into effect with the disestablishment of the office of President of the Republic. A separate article affirmed Josip Broz Tito with an unlimited mandate which ensured the new President of the Presidency would not come into effect until after his death. Simultaneously an office of Vice President of the Presidency had been in place since 1971 on a rotating annual basis between republican and provincial representatives. When Tito died on 4 May 1980, the then Vice President of the Presidency Lazar Koliševski acceded to the role of President of the Presidency. Subsequent to this the role of President of the Presidency would rotate on an annual basis with each President serving as Vice President the year prior.

List of presidents

League of Communists of Yugoslavia Liberal Democratic Party of Slovenia Socialist Party of Serbia Croatian Democratic Union Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Denotes an acting head of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Representing	Term of office			Political party	Note
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Representing	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Note
1		Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000)	Macedonia	4 May 1980	15 May 1980	11 days	SKJ
2		Cvijetin Mijatović (1913–1993)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15 May 1980	15 May 1981	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
3		Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001)	Slovenia	15 May 1981	15 May 1982	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
4		Petar Stambolić (1912–2007)	Serbia	15 May 1982	15 May 1983	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
5		Mika Špiljak (1916–2007)	Croatia	15 May 1983	15 May 1984	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
6		Veselin Đuranović (1925–1997)	Montenegro	15 May 1984	15 May 1985	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
7		Radovan Vlajković (1922–2001)	SAP Vojvodina	15 May 1985	15 May 1986	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
8		Sinan Hasani (1922–2010)	SAP Kosovo	15 May 1986	15 May 1987	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
9		Lazar Mojsov (1920–2011)	Macedonia	15 May 1987	15 May 1988	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
10		Raif Dizdarević (born 1926)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15 May 1988	15 May 1989	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
11		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	Slovenia	15 May 1989	15 May 1990	1 year, 0 days	SKJ LDS	Joined Liberal Democratic Party of Slovenia in February 1990.
12		Borisav Jović (1928–2021)	Serbia	15 May 1990	15 May 1991	1 year, 0 days	SKJ SPS	SKJ dissolved in 1990. In Serbia the party was succeeded by the SPS.
–		Sejdo Bajramović (1927–1993) Acting	AP Kosovo	16 May 1991	30 June 1991	45 days	SPS	Acting president.
13		Stjepan Mesić (born 1934)	Croatia	30 June 1991	5 December 1991	158 days	HDZ	Last President of Yugoslavia.
–		Branko Kostić (1939–2020) Acting	Montenegro	5 December 1991	15 June 1992	193 days	DPS	Acting president. Installed by Serbia and Montenegro.

President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia facts for kids

List of presidents

See also