The office of the vice president of the Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia existed from the enactment of constitutional amendments establishing the position in 1971 until the dissolution of the country by 1992. A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the constitution in 1971. The amendments established the roles of President and Vice President within the collective Presidency which would rotate between individual republics and provinces on an annual basis. However, it also defined a separate title of President of the Republic which could be conferred by the Federal Assembly into Josip Broz Tito who would automatically preside over the Presidency as well (and thus delay the implementation of the President of the Presidency role). Therefore, the launch of the Vice Presidency of the Presidency in 1971 would be the first to carry out a rotation system. Krste Crvenkovski of SR Macedonia was the first to hold the office. The subsequent order after SR Macedonia was SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Slovenia, SR Serbia, SR Croatia, SR Montenegro, SAP Vojvodina, and SAP Kosovo. In 1974 a new Constitution was adopted which reaffirmed the collective federal presidency consisting of representatives of the six republics, the two autonomous provinces within Serbia and (until 1988) the President of the League of Communists.
The 1974 constitution affirmed Josip Broz Tito with an unlimited mandate which ensured the new office of President of the Presidency would not come into effect until after his death. The first President of the Presidency was to be the then standing Vice President of the Presidency. When Broz died on 4 May 1980, the then Vice President of the Presidency Lazar Koliševski acceded to the role of President of the Presidency.
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Picture Name(Born–Died) Term of Office Political Party Representing Krste Crvenkovski(1921–2001)Yusoslavia's New Constitution: Part One 29 July 1971 1 August 1972 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Macedonia Ratomir Dugonjić(1916–1987) 1 August 1972 June 1973 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Mitja Ribičič(1919–2013) June 1973 16 May 1974 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Slovenia Petar Stambolić(1912–2007)Yugoslavia 1974 16 May 1974 15 May 1975 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Serbia Vladimir Bakarić(1912–1983) 15 May 1975 15 May 1976 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Croatia Vidoje Žarković(1927–2000) 15 May 1976 15 May 1977 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Montenegro Stevan Doronjski(1919–1981) 15 May 1977 15 May 1978 League of Communists of Yugoslavia SAP Vojvodina Fadil Hoxha(1916–2001)An Albanian Elected As Yugoslavia's State Vice-President 15 May 1978 15 May 1979 League of Communists of Yugoslavia SAP Kosovo Lazar Koliševski(1914–2000) 15 May 1979 4 May 1980 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Macedonia Cvijetin Mijatović(1913–1992)Mijatovic: President of Yugoslavia's Collective State Leadership 4 May 1980 15 May 1980 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Kraigher(1914–2001)Sergej Kraigher - Yugoslavia's New State President 15 May 1980 15 May 1981 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Slovenia Petar Stambolić(1912–2007) 15 May 1981 15 May 1982 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Serbia Vladimir Bakarić(1912–1983)Yugoslav Vice-President Bakaric Dies 15 May 1982 16 January 1983 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Croatia Mika Špiljak(1916–2007)Yugoslavia's New State Presidency January 1983 15 May 1983 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Croatia Vidoje Žarković(1927–2000) 15 May 1983 15 May 1984 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Montenegro Radovan Vlajković(1922–2001) 15 May 1984 15 May 1985 League of Communists of Yugoslavia SAP Vojvodina Sinan Hasani(1922–2010) 15 May 1985 15 May 1986 League of Communists of Yugoslavia SAP Kosovo Lazar Mojsov(1920–2011)League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) 15 May 1986 15 May 1987 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Macedonia Hamdija Pozderac(1924–1988) 15 May 1987 September 1987 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Raif Dizdarević(1926–2026) September 1987 15 May 1988 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Stane Dolanc(1925–1999)East European Leadership List 15 May 1988 15 May 1989 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Slovenia Borisav Jović(1928–2021) 15 May 1989 15 May 1990 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Serbia Stipe Šuvar(1936–2004) 15 May 1990 August 1990 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Croatia Stjepan Mesić(1934– ) August 1990 15 May 1991 Croatian Democratic Union Croatia Branko Kostić(1939–2020) 15 May 1991 December 1991 Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Montenegro
See also Vice President of Yugoslavia Head of state of Yugoslavia President of Yugoslavia President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia Presidency of Yugoslavia
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