Stane Kavčič (30 October 1919 – 27 March 1987) was a Slovenian communist politician within the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

. He joined the

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in 1941 and participated in the

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. Within the

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, he was vice president of the presidium of the People's Assembly (1949–1950), vice president (1951–1956) and president (1967–1972) of the executive council, the latter post being the equivalent of prime minister. Economic reform had been initiated in 1965, and while in office, he continued liberal policies of regional development, expansion of the

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, an increase in exports and openness toward the West. Scandals that marked his administration included the 1968 Ciril Žebot scandal, the 1969 Road Scandal and the 1971 scandal of the 25 delegates. In autumn 1971, party conservatives began organizing a purge of liberals from Slovenia's institutions. Kavčič was forced to resign the following year and was excluded from public life until his death in

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.Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj, Carole Rogel, ''The A to Z of Slovenia'', p.234. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kardelj, Edvard 1919 births 1987 deaths Slovenian people of World War II Yugoslav Partisans members League of Communists of Slovenia politicians Presidents of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia Yugoslav communists Members of the Presidency of the 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Candidates of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia