President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
Status	Abolished
Member of	Presidency of Yugoslavia
Term length	1 year
Precursor	President of Yugoslavia
Formation	4 May 1980
First holder	Lazar Koliševski
Final holder	Stjepan Mesić
Abolished	15 June 1992
Superseded by	Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina President of Croatia President of Serbia and Montenegro President of North Macedonia President of Slovenia
Deputy	Vice President of the Presidency

The office of the president of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Predsjedništva SFRJ / Председник Председништва СФРЈ, Macedonian: Претседател на Претседателството СФРЈ, romanized: Pretsedatel na Pretsedatelstvoto SFRJ, Slovene: Predsednik Predsedstva SFRJ) existed from the death of the President of the Republic Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 until the dissolution of the country by 1992.

A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the 1963 Constitution in 1971. ^[1] 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 defined the office of President of the Presidency, but only coming into effect with the disestablishment of the office of President of the Republic. ^[2] A separate article affirmed Josip Broz Tito with an unlimited mandate which ensured the new President of the Presidency would not come into effect until after his death. ^[3] Simultaneously an office of Vice President of the Presidency had been in place since 1971 on a rotating annual basis between republican and provincial representatives. When Tito died on 4 May 1980, the then Vice President of the Presidency Lazar Koliševski acceded to the role of President of the Presidency. Subsequent to this the role of President of the Presidency would rotate on an annual basis with each President serving as Vice President the year prior.

List of presidents

   League of Communists of Yugoslavia    Liberal Democracy of Slovenia    Socialist Party of Serbia    Croatian Democratic Union    Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro   Denotes an acting head of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Representing	Term of office			Political party	Note
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000)	Macedonia	4 May 1980	15 May 1980	11 days	SKJ
2		Cvijetin Mijatović (1913–1993)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15 May 1980	15 May 1981	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
3		Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001)	Slovenia	15 May 1981	15 May 1982	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
4		Petar Stambolić (1912–2007)	Serbia	15 May 1982	15 May 1983	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
5		Mika Špiljak (1916–2007)	Croatia	15 May 1983	15 May 1984	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
6		Veselin Đuranović (1925–1997)	Montenegro	15 May 1984	15 May 1985	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
7		Radovan Vlajković (1922–2001)	SAP Vojvodina	15 May 1985	15 May 1986	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
8		Sinan Hasani (1922–2010)	SAP Kosovo	15 May 1986	15 May 1987	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
9		Lazar Mojsov (1920–2011)	Macedonia	15 May 1987	15 May 1988	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
10		Raif Dizdarević (born 1926)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15 May 1988	15 May 1989	1 year, 0 days	SKJ
11		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	Slovenia	15 May 1989	15 May 1990	1 year, 0 days	SKJ LDS	Joined Liberal Democracy of Slovenia in February 1990.
12		Borisav Jović (1928–2021)	Serbia	15 May 1990	15 May 1991	1 year, 0 days	SKJ SPS	SKJ dissolved in 1990. In Serbia the party was succeeded by the SPS.
–		Sejdo Bajramović (1927–1993) Acting	AP Kosovo	16 May 1991	30 June 1991	45 days	SPS	Acting president.
13		Stjepan Mesić (born 1934)	Croatia	30 June 1991	5 December 1991	158 days	HDZ	Last President of Yugoslavia.
–		Branko Kostić (1939–2020) Acting	Montenegro	5 December 1991	15 June 1992	193 days	DPS	Acting president. Installed by Serbia and Montenegro.

See also

Politics of Yugoslavia
Constitution 1921 1931 1946 1953 1963 1974
Executive Legislative Head of State Deputy Head of State President (1953–80) Vice President (1963–67) Presidency (1971–91) President of the Presidency (1980–91) Vice President of the Presidency (1971–91) Members Government (1918–53) Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Assembly ( list) President Federal Executive Council (1953–92) President (1963–92) Federal Council for Protection of the Constitutional Order (1975–92)
Elections Constituent 1920 Parliamentary 1923 1925 1927 1931 1935 1938 1945 1950 1953 1958 1963 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1989 Political parties
Administrative divisions Kingdom of Yugoslavia Banovina of Croatia Subdivisions SFR Yugoslavia SR Bosnia and Herzegovina SR Croatia SR Macedonia SR Montenegro SR Serbia SAP Kosovo SAP Vojvodina SR Slovenia
Breakup Yugoslav Wars ( Slovenian Croatian Bosnian)
Foreign relations Tripartite Pact Allies United Nations Non-Aligned Movement Organisation of African Unity European Communities
Other countries
v t e

• List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
  • List of members of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
  • President of Yugoslavia
  • List of deputy heads of state of Yugoslavia
• Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• President of Croatia
  • List of presidents of Croatia
  • President of the Presidency of SR Croatia
• President of Serbia and Montenegro
• President of Kosovo
• President of the Republic of Macedonia
• President of Montenegro
  • List of presidents of Montenegro
• President of Serbia
  • List of presidents of Serbia
  • President of the Presidency of SR Serbia
• President of Slovenia
• President of the Presidency of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
• President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

References