President of the Presidency of SR Croatia

President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia

Residence Visoka ulica 22, Zagreb
Appointer Croatian Parliament
Formation 1974
First holder Jakov Blažević
Final holder Franjo Tuđman
Abolished 1990

The office of the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia existed from its establishment in the 1974 constitution to its renaming and then total abolishment as part of democratic reforms in 1990.

A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia at the federal level since amendments to the constitution in 1971.[1] On 21 February 1974 a new federal Constitution was adopted which reaffirmed the collective federal presidency chaired by the President of the Presidency.[2] The constituent republics adopted the same system in new constitutions of their own, with SR Croatia adopting theirs the following day on 22 February.[3] A nine-member presidency was established, which included the President of the Presidency, elected by the Parliament to a four-year term. Members could not be elected for more than two consecutive terms.[3]

After the death of Yugoslav President-for-life Josip Broz Tito in 1980, federal constitutional acts were put into force which made the federal Presidency rotate on an annual basis.[2] This rotation system was expanded in 1981 to also include the speaker and deputy speaker of the Federal Assembly and their equivalents in the two component chambers.[4] SR Croatia put in place a similar rotation system through 1981 constitutional amendments where members of the presidency would continue to be elected to four year terms but would rotate as Presidents on an annual basis.[5] In 1986 additional constitutional amendments were enacted which increased the length served as President to two-years.[6]

The first democratic reforms enacted by the League of Communists were in 1989 when constitutional amendments were approved which removed the President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia as a member of the presidency ex officio. After the first multi-party elections in 1990, constitutional amendments were put in place which renamed the office of President of the Presidency to President of the Republic and reduced the presidency to seven total members. The December 1990 Constitution abolished the presidency altogether.

List of Presidents of the Presidency

  League of Communists of Yugoslavia   Croatian Democratic Union

Presidency No. President Lifespan Term of office Party Notes
1974-1978
1978-1982		 1 Jakov Blažević 1912–1996 8 May
1974		 May
1982		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
1982-1986 2 Marijan Cvetković 1920–1990 May
1982		 May
1983		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
3 Milutin Baltić 1920–2013 May
1983		 10 May
1984		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
4 Jakša Petrić 1922–1993 10 May
1984		 10 May
1985		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
5 Pero Car 1920–1985 10 May
1985		 15 November
1985		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Died in office.
6 Ema Derosi-Bjelajac 1926– 20 November
1985		 10 May
1986		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia First female head of state of modern Croatia.
1986-1990 7 Ante Marković 1924–2011 10 May
1986		 May
1988		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Also at one time Prime Minister of Croatia, and last Prime Minister of Yugoslavia.
8 Ivo Latin 1929–2002 May
1988		 30 May
1990		 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
1990 9 Franjo Tuđman 1922–1999 30 May
1990		 25 July
1990		 Croatian Democratic Union Constitutional amendments in July 1990 changed formal title to "President of Croatia" and expanded presidential powers.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". XXVII (29). Belgrade. 8 July 1971.
  2. 1 2 "Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". XXX (9). Belgrade. 21 February 1974.
  3. 1 2 "Ustav Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske". Narodne novine (8). Zagreb. 22 February 1974.
  4. ↑ "Ustav Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske". XXXVII (38). Belgrade. 10 July 1981.
  5. ↑ Sruk, Josip (1982). Ustavno uređenje Socijalističke Republike Jugoslavije. Informator. p. 392.
  6. ↑ "Narodne novine". 42 (1-26). Zagreb. p. 75.
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