, logo = Communist star with golden border and red rims

, colorcode = , leader = President of the League of Communists of Montenegro , foundation = 1943 , dissolution = 22 June 1991 , successor = Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro , headquarters = Titograd,

SR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

, ideology = Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Titoism , position = Left-wing to

far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars consider ...

, seats1_title = Parliamentary control in 1946 , seats1 = , seats2_title = Parliamentary control in 1990 , seats2 = , flag = League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag-cyr.svg , footnotes = Montenegrin branch of the

League of Communists of Yugoslavia The League of Communists of Yugoslavia, mk, Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na komunistite na Jugoslavija known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, sl, Komunistična partija Jugoslavije mk ...

The League of Communists of Montenegro ( sh, Savez komunista Crne Gore, SKCG) was the Montenegrin branch of the

, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. Under a 1974 SFR Yugoslavia constitution, greater powers were devolved to the various republic level branches.

History

The league was originally known as the Communist Party of Montenegro ( sh, Komunistička partija Crne Gore, KPCG). In 1952, the Communist Party of Montenegro was renamed the League of Communists of Montenegro in line with the party's name change on the Yugoslav federal level.

Dissolution

During the early 1990s, the

collapse of communism The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, was a revolutionary wave that resulted in the end of most communist states in the world. Sometimes this revolutionary wave is also called the Fall of Nations or the Autumn of Natio ...

and growing ethnic tensions between the Yugoslav republics led to the federal party's breakup. On June 22, 1991, the League's Montenegrin branch formally dissolved and its direct successor became the newly created Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS). In essence, the new party continued right where the old one left off, as its entire membership stayed the same. The new party is widely accused of involvement in tobacco smuggling and organized crime

Party leaders

Blažo Jovanović Blažo Jovanović (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic; Блажо Јовановић; ; 28 March 1907 – 4 February 1976) was a Montenegrin politician and revolutionary army commander in the Yugoslav Partisans. He served as the first President of the People ...

(May 1943 - 29 June 1963) (b. 1907 - d.1976) #

Đorđije Pajković Đorđije "Đoko" Pajković (25 June 1917, Lužac, Berane, Kingdom of Montenegro – 17 January 1980, Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) was a Yugoslav Montenegrin politician. He was the leader of the League of Communists of Montenegro from Jun ...

(29 June 1963 - 14 December 1968) (b. 1917 - d.1980) # Veselin Đuranović (14 December 1968 - 21 March 1977) (b. 1925 - d.1997) # (21 March 1977 - 1 July 1982) (b. 1934) #

Dobroslav Ćulafić Dobroslav "Toro" Ćulafić (17 January 1926 – 3 June 2011) was a Yugoslav politician from Montenegro who served as Secretary of the Interior of SFR Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1989.Singleton, Fred. A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples. Cambridg ...

(1 July 1982 - May 1984) (b. 1926 - d.2011) #

Vidoje Žarković Vidoje Žarković (Plužine, 10 June 1927 – Beograd, 29 September 2000) was a communist politician from Socialist Republic of Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna G ...

(May 1984 - 30 July 1984) (b. 1927 - d.2000) #

Marko Orlandić Marko Orlandić ( cyrl, Марко Орландић; 28 September 1930 – 20 December 2019) was a high-ranking Montenegrin politician in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) during the 1970s and '80s. He was born in Seoca, Yugos ...

(30 July 1984 - May 1986) (b. 1930 - d.2019) #

Miljan Radović Miljan Radović ( cyrl, Миљан Радовић) is a retired Montenegrin footballer who played as a midfielder. He is well-known for his accurate set pieces that often led to beautiful goals. He is also nicknamed 'The Professor' because of his ...

(May 1986 - 11 January 1989) (b. 1933 - 2015) # Veselin Vukotić (acting; 11 January 1989 - 26 April 1989) (b. 1949) # Milica Pejanović-Đurišić (26 April 1989 - 28 April 1989) (b. 1959) # Momir Bulatović (28 April 1989 - 4 February 1990) (b. 1956 - 2019)

New party

A new League of Communists of Montenegro was founded in 1993. Later that group united with other communist groups to form the ''League of Communists of Yugoslavia - Communists of Montenegro'' which got 2,343 (0.69%) votes in

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and 1,595 (0.49%) votes in

2009 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2009. * Electoral calendar 2009 * 2009 United Nations Security Council election Caribbean * 2009 Antiguan general election * 2009 Aruban general election * 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendu ...

. In 2009, this party merged with the 'Yugoslav Communists of Montenegro to form the

Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro ( cnr, italic=yes, Jugoslovenska komunistička partija Crne Gore, JKP CG) is a minor communist political party in Montenegro. The party mostly gathers pensioners, mainly with Titoistic and nostalgic feelin ...

, a non-parliamentary party which managed to obtain 1 seat in the Plužine Municipal Assembly.

References

{{Authority control Communist parties in Montenegro Political parties established in 1943 Political parties disestablished in 1991 Parties of one-party systems Defunct political parties in Montenegro League of Communists of Yugoslavia

History

Dissolution

Party leaders

New party

See also

References