The Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia ( sh, Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Hrvatske) was the head of the
League of Communists of Croatia
League of Communists of Croatia ( sh, Savez komunista Hrvatske or SKH) was the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (''Komunistička ...
, 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
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
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
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 ...
. Between August 1937 and September 1952, the former was named the
Communist Party of Croatia (being part of the larger
Communist Party 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 ...
), 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:
See also
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League of Communists of Croatia
League of Communists of Croatia ( sh, Savez komunista Hrvatske or SKH) was the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (''Komunistička ...
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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 ...
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Socialist Republic of Croatia
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President of Croatia
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List of presidents of Croatia
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Prime Minister of Croatia
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List of cabinets of Croatia
This is a list of cabinets of Croatian government, the chief executive body of the Republic of Croatia.
Note that between 1990 and 2000 Croatia had a semi-presidential system and members of government, including prime ministers, were all direc ...
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Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
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List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
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Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
The prime minister of Yugoslavia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Премијер Југославије, Premijer Jugoslavije) was the head of government of the Yugoslavia, Yugoslav state, from the Creation of Yugoslavia, creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croa ...
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Politics of Croatia
References
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Communism in Croatia
League of Communists of Croatia politicians