General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
	Emblem of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Appointer	Central Committee
Formation	April 1919
First holder	Filip Filipović; Živko Topalović; Vladimir Ćopić
Final holder	Milan Pančevski
Abolished	30 June 1990

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Generalni Sekretar Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije) was the head of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Josip Broz Tito was the longest serving holder of the office (from the late 1930s until his death in 1980).

During its history, the official name of the office was changed several times, until it was finally changed on 13 August 1964 from "General Secretary of the Central Committee" to President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Predsednik Predsedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Jugoslavije).

Between April 1919 and September 1952, the League of Communists of Yugoslavia was named the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

List

Here follows a list of officeholders:

Name		Lifespan	Term of office		Notes
Political Secretaries
	Filip Filipović	1878–1938	April 1919	June 1920
	Živko Topalović	1886–1972	April 1919	June 1920
Organizational Secretary
Vladimir Ćopić	Vladimir Ćopić	1891–1939	April 1919	June 1920
Presidents of the Central Party Committee
	Pavle Pavlović	1888–1971	June 1920	August 1921
	Jakov Lastrić		June 1920	August 1921
Political Secretaries
	Filip Filipović	1878–1938	June 1920	August 1921	Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
	Sima Marković	1888–1939	June 1920	August 1921
Organizational Secretary
Vladimir Ćopić	Vladimir Ćopić	1891–1939	June 1920	August 1921	Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
After being banned in 1921, the Alternative Central Party leadership, formed in June 1921, assumed leadership of the Communist Party:
Alternative Central Party Leadership
Kosta Novaković	Kosta Novaković	1886–1939	August 1921	July 1922	Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Triša Kaclerović	Triša Kaclerović	1879–1964
	Moša Pijade	1890–1957
A split in the leadership led to the formation of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration in opposition to the leadership:
Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration
	Sima Marković	1888–1939	September 1921	July 1922
The factions were reunited at the First State Conference held at Vienna, in July 1922.
Secretaries
	Sima Marković	1888–1939	July 1922	May 1923
Triša Kaclerović	Triša Kaclerović	1879–1964	May 1923	May 1926
Political Secretary
	Sima Marković	1888–1939	May 1926	April 1928	Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Organizational Secretary
	Radomir Vujović	1895–1938	May 1926	April 1928	Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
The Central Committee was deposed in April 1928 by the Comintern and replaced by a temporary leadership.
Temporary Leadership
	Đuro Đaković	1886–1929	April 1928	November 1928
Political Secretary
	Jovan Mališić	1902–1939	November 1928	before 1934	Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Organizational Secretary
	Đuro Đaković	1886–1929	November 1928	25 April 1929	Arrested and executed during the 6 January Dictatorship.
Since 1930 the party leadership was in exile in Vienna with no contact to the country until 1934.
Political Secretary
	Milan Gorkić	1904–1937	December 1934	November 1936
General Secretary
	Milan Gorkić	1904–1937	November 1936	23 October 1937	Arrested and executed during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
Organizational Secretary
	Josip Broz Tito	1892–1980	November 1936	May 1938	Since December 1936 present in Yugoslavia.
Temporary Leadership
	Josip Broz Tito	1892–1980	May 1938	March 1939
General Secretary
	Josip Broz Tito	1892–1980	March 1939	13 August 1964	Longest term in office. During his term, in May 1952, the party changed its name from Communist Party of Yugoslavia to League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
Name		Lifespan	Term of office		Representing	Notes
Presidents of the Presidency
	Josip Broz Tito	1892–1980	13 August 1964	4 May 1980	N/A	Died in office.
	Branko Mikulić	1928–1994	19 October 1978	23 October 1979	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	Acting for Tito.
	Stevan Doronjski	1919–1981	23 October 1979	20 October 1980	SAP Vojvodina	Acting for Tito until 4 May 1980.
	Lazar Mojsov	1920–2011	20 October 1980	20 October 1981	SR Macedonia
	Dušan Dragosavac	1919–	20 October 1981	29 June 1982	SR Croatia
	Mitja Ribičič	1919–2013	29 June 1982	30 June 1983	SR Slovenia
	Dragoslav Marković	1920–2005	30 June 1983	26 June 1984	SR Serbia
	Ali Shukriu	1919–2005	26 June 1984	25 June 1985	SAP Kosovo
	Vidoje Žarković	1927–2000	25 June 1985	28 June 1986	SR Montenegro
	Milanko Renovica	1928–2013	28 June 1986	30 June 1987	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Boško Krunić	1929–	30 June 1987	30 June 1988	SAP Vojvodina
	Stipe Šuvar	1936–2004	30 June 1988	17 May 1989	SR Croatia	Šuvar resigned from his party offices after being appointed as the Croat representative to the Presidency of Yugoslavia on 15 May 1989.
	Milan Pančevski	1935–	17 May 1989	30 June 1990	SR Macedonia	Party dissolved in the aftermath of the 14th Extraordinary Congress.