Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia

President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Croatia

Ivica Račan, the last President
Appointer Central Committee
Formation August 1937
First holder Đuro Špoljarić
Final holder Ivica Račan
Abolished November 1990

The Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia (Serbo-Croatian: Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Hrvatske) was the head of the League of Communists of Croatia, 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 Croatia, 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 Croatia (Predsjednik Predsjedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Hrvatske).

The League of Communists of Croatia was also an organization subordinate to the federal-level League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Between August 1937 and September 1952, the former was named the Communist Party of Croatia (being part of the larger Communist Party of Yugoslavia), until both parties were renamed "League of Communists" in 1952.

The role was later formalized as holding ex officio positions within both the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia and the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.

List

Here follows a list of the twelve officeholders:

No. Secretary Lifespan Term of office Notes
Secretaries of the Central Committee
1 Đuro Špoljarić 1906–1991 August
1937
1939
2 Rade Končar 1911–1942
1940
1941		 Executed in Šibenik by Italian occupation authorities during World War II.
3 Vlado Popović 1914–1972
1941
1942
4 Andrija Hebrang 1899–1949?
1942		 October
1944		 Federal State of Croatia formed.
5 Vladimir Bakarić 1912–1983 October
1944
1969		 Longest term in office.
During his term, in May 1952, the party changed its name from Communist Party of Croatia to League of Communists of Croatia.
6 Savka Dabčević-Kučar 1923–2009
1969		 December
1971
7 Milka Planinc 1924–2010 14 December
1971		 May
1982
Presidents of the Presidency of the Central Committee
8 Jure Bilić 1922–2006 May
1982		 1 July
1983
9 Josip Vrhovec 1926–2006 1 July
1983		 15 May
1984
10 Mika Špiljak 1916–2007 15 May
1984		 May
1986
11 Stanko Stojčević 1929– May
1986		 December
1989
12 Ivica Račan 1944–2007 13 December
1989		 November
1990		 Party dissolved and reformed into the
Social Democratic Party.

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