# President of the League of Communists of Kosovo

The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Kosovo (LKK), the ruling party of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (SAPK) of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The LKK was the provincial organisation of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) in Kosovo. Party rules stipulated that the LKK Provincial Committee elected the president. Moreover, the Central Committee was empowered to remove the president. The president served ex officio as a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) and of the SAPK Presidency. To be eligible to serve, the president had to be a member of the Executive Committee of the LKK Provincial Committee. The 13th LKK Provincial Conference instituted a one-year term limits for officeholders.
The office traces its lineage back to the office of "Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo and Metohija", established on 25 July 1937 and elected Miladin Popović to head the Kosovo branch. This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Central Committee. The LCY 6th Congress on 2–7 November 1952, renamed the party League of Communists, and the Kosovo branch followed suit and changed its name to League of Communists of Kosovo. On 4 October 1966, the 5th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the LCY 8th Congress abolished the office of General Secretary at the national level and replaced with the office of President. The SKS Central Committee convened a meeting in 1966 that abolished the office of secretary and established the "President of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo". The reforms passed by the LCY Central Committee plenum strengthened the powers of the provincial branches of Kosovo and Vojvodina and gave more powers to the LKK party leader. The 13th LKK Conference introduced another set of reforms on 26 April 1982, which abolished the existing office and replaced it with the "President of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo". This office was retained until 17 July 1990, when the League of Communists of Serbia changed its name to the "Socialist Party of Serbia".

## Office history

| Title | Established | Abolished | Established by |
| Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo and Metohija Albanian: Sekretar i Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës dhe Metohisë | 25 July 1937 | 1966 | Central Committee of the 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia |
| President of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo Albanian: Kryetar i Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës | 1966 | 26 April 1982 | ? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress |
| President of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo Albanian: Kryetar i Kryesisë së Komitetit Krahinor të Lidhjes së Komunistëve të Kosovës | 26 April 1982 | 17 July 1990 | 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Macedonia |

## Officeholders

Presidents of the League of Communists of Kosovo :
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Term of office | Birth | PM | Death | Nationality |
| 1 | Miladin Popović | 25 July 1937 | December 1937 | 129 days | 1st (1937–1939) | 1910 | 1934 | 1945 | Montenegrin |
| 2 | Petar Radović | December 1937 | August 1938 | 243 days | 1st (1937–1939) | 1907 | 1931 | 1944 | Montenegrin |
| 3 | Miladin Popović | September 1939 | July 1941 | 1 year, 303 days | 2nd (1939–1945) | 1910 | 1934 | 1945 | Montenegrin |
| 4 | Boro Vukmirović | July 1941 | April 1943 | 1 year, 274 days | 2nd (1939–1945) | 1912 | 1933 | 1943 | Montenegrin |
| 5 | Pavle Jovićević | April 1943 | 15 October 1944 | 1 year, 197 days | 2nd (1939–1945) | 1910 | 1938 | 1985 | Montenegrin |
| 6 | Miladin Popović | 15 October 1944 | 13 March 1945 | 149 days | 2nd (1939–1945) | 1910 | 1934 | 1945 | Montenegrin |
| 7 | Đorđije Pajković | 23 March 1945 | February 1956 | 10 years, 315 days | 3rd–10th (1945–1956) | 1917 | 1936 | 1980 | Montenegrin |
| 8 | Dušan Mugoša | February 1956 | 16 June 1956 | 136 days | 10th (1954–1956) | 1914 | 1934 | 1973 | Montenegrin |
| 9 | Veli Deva | 16 June 1956 | 28 June 1971 | 15 years, 12 days | 7th–10th (1956–1974) | 1923 | 1942 | 2015 | Albanian |
| 10 | Mahmut Bakalli | 28 June 1971 | 5 May 1981 | 9 years, 311 days | 10th–12th (1968–1982) | 1936 | 1957 | 2006 | Albanian |
| 11 | Veli Deva | 5 May 1981 | 26 April 1982 | 356 days | 12th (1978–1982) | 1923 | 1942 | 2015 | Albanian |
| 12 | Sinan Hasani | 26 April 1982 | May 1983 | 1 year, 5 days | 13th (1982–1986) | 1922 | 1942 | 2010 | Albanian |
| 13 | Ilaz Kurteshi | May 1983 | 27 April 1984 | 362 days | 13th (1982–1986) | 1927 | 1949 | 2016 | Albanian |
| 14 | Svetislav Dolašević | 27 April 1984 | May 1985 | 1 year, 4 days | 13th (1982–1986) | 1926 | 1945 | 1995 | Serb |
| 15 | Kolë Shiroka | May 1985 | 29 April 1986 | 363 days | 13th (1982–1986) | 1922 | 1941 | 1994 | Albanian |
| 16 | Azem Vllasi | 29 April 1986 | 27 April 1988 | 1 year, 364 days | 14th (1986–1989) | 1948 | 1965 | Alive | Albanian |
| 17 | Kaqusha Jashari | 27 April 1988 | 17 November 1988 | 204 days | 14th (1986–1989) | 1946 | 1975 | Alive | Albanian |
| 18 | Remzi Kolgeci | 17 November 1988 | 27 January 1989 | 71 days | 14th (1986–1989) | 1947 | ? | 2011 | Albanian |
| 19 | Rahman Morina | 27 January 1989 | 17 July 1990 | 1 year, 171 days | 15th (1989–1990) | 1943 | 1969 | 1990 | Albanian |