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President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
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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
Took office Left office Time in office
1
Lazar Koliševski
Lazar Koliševski
(1914–2000)
Macedonia 4 May 1980 15 May 1980 11 days SKJ
2
Cvijetin Mijatović
Cvijetin Mijatović
(1913–1993)
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
15 May 1980 15 May 1981 1 year, 0 days SKJ
3
Sergej Kraigher
Sergej Kraigher
(1914–2001)
Slovenia 15 May 1981 15 May 1982 1 year, 0 days SKJ
4
Petar Stambolić
Petar Stambolić
(1912–2007)
Serbia 15 May 1982 15 May 1983 1 year, 0 days SKJ
5
Mika Špiljak
Mika Špiljak
(1916–2007)
Croatia 15 May 1983 15 May 1984 1 year, 0 days SKJ
6
Veselin Đuranović
Veselin Đuranović
(1925–1997)
Montenegro 15 May 1984 15 May 1985 1 year, 0 days SKJ
7
Radovan Vlajković
Radovan Vlajković
(1922–2001)
SAP Vojvodina 15 May 1985 15 May 1986 1 year, 0 days SKJ
8
Sinan Hasani
Sinan Hasani
(1922–2010)
SAP Kosovo 15 May 1986 15 May 1987 1 year, 0 days SKJ
9
Lazar Mojsov
Lazar Mojsov
(1920–2011)
Macedonia 15 May 1987 15 May 1988 1 year, 0 days SKJ
10
Raif Dizdarević
Raif Dizdarević
(born 1926)
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
15 May 1988 15 May 1989 1 year, 0 days SKJ
11
Janez Drnovšek
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
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
Sejdo Bajramović
(1927–1993)
Acting
AP Kosovo 16 May 1991 30 June 1991 45 days SPS Acting president.
13
Stjepan Mesić
Stjepan Mesić
(born 1934)
Croatia 30 June 1991 5 December 1991 158 days HDZ Last President of Yugoslavia.
Branko Kostić
Branko Kostić
(1939–2020)
Acting
Montenegro 5 December 1991 15 June 1992 193 days DPS Acting president.
Installed by Serbia and Montenegro.

See also

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