The following is a list of leaders of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (SR Serbia). It lists heads of state and heads of government. In the Socialist Republic, the only legal political party was the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS), which was part of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ).
Commonly referred to as Socialist Serbia or simply as Serbia, SR Serbia was the largest, most populous, and most economically developed republic of Yugoslavia in 1945–91.
Heads of State Prior to 1974, Serbia had no president or state presidency. The most senior state official was the President of the People's Assembly of Serbia, who was considered as the head of state.
In the SR Serbia, the only legal political party was the League of Communists of Serbia, and therefore all heads of state belonged to that political organization.
Chairman of the ASNOS Head of StateTerm of officeNº PortraitName(Born–Died) Took office Left office DurationChairman of the Antifascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Serbia (ASNOS)1 Siniša StankovićСиниша Станковић(1892–1974) 12 November 1944 7 April 1945
Presidents of the People's Assembly Head of StateTerm of officeNº PortraitName(Born–Died) Took office Left office DurationPresident of the Presidency of the People's Assembly1 Siniša StankovićСиниша Станковић(1892–1974) 7 April 1945 20 November 1946 1 year, 227 days2 Aćim GrulovićАћим Груловић(1898–1948) 20 November 1946 23 December 1948 2 years, 33 days3 Isa JovanovićИса Јовановић(1906–1983) 23 December 1948 December 1953 4 years, 343 daysPresident of the People's Assembly4 Petar StambolićПетар Стамболић(1912–2007) December 1953 April 1957 3 years, 4 months5 Jovan VeselinovЈован Веселинов(1906–1982) April 1957 26 June 1963 6 years, 2 months6 Dušan Petrović ŠaneДушан Петровић Шане(1914–1977) 26 June 1963 6 May 1967 7 Miloš MinićМилош Минић(1914–2003) 6 May 1967 6 May 1969 8 Dragoslav MarkovićДрагослав Марковић(1920–2005) 6 May 1969 19 April 1974 9 Živan VasiljevićЖиван Васиљевић(1920–2007) 19 April 1974 6 May 1974
Presidents of the Presidency In the SR Serbia, the only legal political party was the League of Communists of Serbia. Head of StateTerm of officeNº PortraitName(Born–Died) Took office Left office Duration1 Dragoslav MarkovićДрагослав Марковић(1920–2005) 6 May 1974 5 May 1978 2 Dobrivoje VidićДобривоје Видић(1918–1991) 5 May 1978 5 May 1982 3 Nikola LjubičićНикола Љубичић(1916–2005) 5 May 1982 5 May 1984 4 Dušan ČkrebićДушан Чкребић(1927– ) 5 May 1984 5 May 1985 5 Ivan StambolićИван Стамболић(1936–2000) 5 May 1985 14 December 1987 6 Petar GračaninПетар Грачанин(1923–2004) 14 December 1987 20 March 1989 7 Slobodan MiloševićСлободан Милошевић(1941–2006) 8 May 1989 11 January 1991
See also List of heads of state of Serbia, for a comprehensive list of Serbian heads of state since 1804 President of Serbia Prime Minister of Serbia List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
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