Party Leaders
The party was first led by the Secretaries of the Central Committee and later by the Presidents of the Presidium:
| Name | Term | position, notes |
|---|---|---|
| Filip Filipović Živko Topalović |
April 1919 - June 1920 | political secretaries |
| Vladimir Ćopić | organizational secretary | |
| Pavle Pavlović Jakov Lastrić |
June 1920 - August 1921 | Presidents of the Central Party Committee |
| Filip Filipović Sima Marković |
political secretaries | |
| Vladimir Ćopić | organizational secretary | |
| After being banned in 1921, the Alternative Central Party leadership, formed in June 1921, assumed leadership of the Communist Party: | ||
| Kosta Novaković Triša Kaclerović Moša Pijade |
August 1921 - July 1922 | Alternative Central Party Leadership |
| A split in the leadership led to the formation of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration in opposition to the leadership: | ||
| Sima Marković | September 1921 - July 1922 | Executive Committee of the Communist Party in Emigration |
| The factions were reunited at the First State Conference held at Vienna, in July 1922. | ||
| Sima Marković | July 1922 - May 1923 | secretary |
| Triša Kaclerović | May 1923 - May 1926 | secretary |
| Sima Marković | May 1926- April 1928 | political secretary |
| Radomir Vujović | organizational secretary | |
| The Central Committee was deposed in April 1928 by the Comintern and replaced by a temporary leadership. | ||
| temporary leadership under Đuro Đaković |
April - November 1928 | |
| Jovan Mališić | November 1928 - before 1934 | political secretary |
| Đuro Đaković | November 1928 - 1929 | organizational secretary |
| Since 1930 the party leadership was in exile in Vienna with no contact to the country until 1934. | ||
| Milan Gorkić | December 1934 - November 1936 | political secretary |
| November 1936 - 23 October 1937 | general secretary; murdered in Moscow in 1939 | |
| Josip Broz Tito | November 1936- May 1938 | organizational secretary; since December 1936 present in Yugoslavia |
| temporary leadership under Josip Broz Tito |
May 1938 - March 1939 | |
| Josip Broz Tito | March 1939 - 4 May 1980 | general secretary, later President of the Presidium |
| Name | Term | Representing |
| Branko Mikulić (acting President) |
19 October 1978 - 23 October 1979 | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Stevan Doronjski (acting President until 4 May) |
23 October 1979 - 20 October 1980 | SAP Vojvodina |
| Lazar Mojsov | 20 October 1980 - 20 October 1981 | SR Macedonia |
| Dušan Dragosavac | 20 October 1981 - 29 June 1982 | SR Croatia |
| Mitja Ribičič | 29 June 1982 - 30 June 1983 | SR Slovenia |
| Dragoslav Marković | 30 June 1983 - 26 June 1984 | SR Serbia |
| Ali Shukrija | 26 June 1984 - 25 June 1985 | SAP Kosovo |
| Vidoje Žarković | 25 June 1985 - 26 June 1986 | SR Montenegro |
| Milanko Renovica | 28 June 1986 - 30 June 1987 | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Boško Krunić | 30 June 1987 - 30 June 1988 | SAP Vojvodina |
| Stipe Šuvar | 30 June 1988 - 17 May 1989 | SR Croatia |
| Milan Pančevski | 17 May 1989 - 30 June 1990 | SR Macedonia |
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