President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia

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President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
Serbian: Председник Председништва СФРЈ
StatusAbolished
Member ofPresidency of Yugoslavia
Term length1 year
PrecursorPresident of Yugoslavia
Formation4 May 1980
First holderLazar Koliševski
Final holderStjepan Mesić
Abolished15 June 1992
SuccessionPresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
President of Croatia
President of Serbia and Montenegro
President of North Macedonia
President of Slovenia

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 for life Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 until the dissolution of the country by 1992.[1]

List[change | change source]

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Representing Term of office Political party Note
Took office Left office Time in office
1
Lazar Koliševski
Lazar Koliševski
(1914–2000)
Macedonia4 May 198015 May 198011 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
2
Cvijetin Mijatović
Cvijetin Mijatović
(1913–1993)
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
15 May 198015 May 19811 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
3
Sergej Kraigher
Sergej Kraigher
(1914–2001)
Slovenia15 May 198115 May 19821 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
4
Petar Stambolić
Petar Stambolić
(1912–2007)
Serbia15 May 198215 May 19831 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
5
Mika Špiljak
Mika Špiljak
(1916–2007)
Croatia15 May 198315 May 19841 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
6
Veselin Đuranović
Veselin Đuranović
(1925–1997)
Montenegro15 May 198415 May 19851 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
7
Radovan Vlajković
Radovan Vlajković
(1924–2001)
SAP Vojvodina15 May 198515 May 19861 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
8
Sinan Hasani
Sinan Hasani
(1922–2010)
SAP Kosovo15 May 198615 May 19871 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
9
Lazar Mojsov
Lazar Mojsov
(1920–2011)
Macedonia15 May 198715 May 19881 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
10
Raif Dizdarević
Raif Dizdarević
(born 1926)
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
15 May 198815 May 19891 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
11
Janez Drnovšek
Janez Drnovšek
(1950–2008)
Slovenia15 May 198915 May 19901 year, 0 daysSKJChairman of the collective head of state.
12
Borisav Jović
Borisav Jović
(1928–2021)
Serbia15 May 199015 May 19911 year, 0 daysSKJ
SPS
Chairman of the collective head of state.
SKJ dissolved in 1990.
In Serbia the party was succeeded by the SPS.
Sejdo Bajramović
Sejdo Bajramović
(1927–1993)
Acting
AP Kosovo16 May 199130 June 199145 daysSPSActing president.
13
Stjepan Mesić
Stjepan Mesić
(born 1934)
Croatia30 June 19915 December 1991158 daysHDZChairman of the collective head of state.
Last President of Yugoslavia.
Branko Kostić
Branko Kostić
(1939–2020)
Acting
Montenegro5 December 199115 June 1992193 daysDPSActing president.
Installed by Serbia and Montenegro.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Vol. XXVII, no. 29. Belgrade. 8 July 1971.