Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

The **Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia** was the official Deputy of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia and later Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia, from 1939 until 2003.

## History of the office

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was created on 26 August 1939. It was created during the government of Dragiša Cvetković. The first Deputy Prime Minister was Vladko Maček.

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of SFR Yugoslavia was created on 2 February 1946. It was created during the government of Josip Broz Tito. When it was created, Edvard Kardelj and Jaša Prodanović held the postition. The office was normally held by more than one person at the same time. Also, Deputy Prime Ministers sometimes hold the post with another government position.

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia was ended with the constitutional reforms of 2003. The last Deputy Prime Minister was Miroljub Labus. He served from 4 November 2000 to 17 March 2003.

### Kingdom of Yugoslavia period (1939–1945)

|Picture|Name|colspan="2"|Term of office|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Vladko Maček|26 August 1939|10 April 1941|Croatian Peasant Party|
||Slobodan Jovanović|10 April 1941|14 April 1941|Independent|
||Slobodan Jovanović|14 April 1941|11 January 1942|Independent|
||Juraj Krnjević|21 August 1941|10 August 1943|Croatian Peasant Party|
||Miha Krek|21 August 1941|10 August 1943|Slovene People's Party|
||Slobodan Jovanović|26 June 1943|10 August 1943|Independent|
||Milan Grol|7 March 1945|18 August 1945|Democratic Party|
||Edvard Kardelj|7 March 1945|1 February 1946|Communist Party|

### SFR Yugoslavia period (1945–1992)

|Picture|Name|colspan="2"|Term of office|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Edvard Kardelj|2 February 1946|29 June 1963|Communist Party League of Communists|
||Jaša Prodanović|2 February 1946|1 June 1948|Communist Party|
||Aleksandar Ranković|1 April 1949|18 April 1963|Communist Party League of Communists|
||Blagoje Nešković|5 September 1949|14 January 1953|Communist Party League of Communists|
||Milovan Đilas|14 January 1953|17 January 1954|League of Communists|
||Moša Pijade|14 January 1953|30 January 1954|League of Communists|
||Svetozar Vukmanović|30 January 1954|19 April 1958|League of Communists|
||Rodoljub Čolaković|30 January 1954|29 June 1963|League of Communists|
||Mijalko Todorović|19 April 1958|29 June 1963|League of Communists|
||Svetislav Stefanović|18 April 1963|29 June 1963|League of Communists|
||Boris Kraigher|29 June 1963|4 January 1967|League of Communists|
||Miloš Minić|29 June 1963|18 May 1967|League of Communists|
||Veljko Zeković|29 June 1963|18 May 1967|League of Communists|
||Kiro Gligorov|18 May 1967|18 May 1969|League of Communists|
||Rudi Kolak|18 May 1967|18 May 1969|League of Communists|
||Nikola Miljanić|18 May 1969|30 July 1971|League of Communists|
||Mišo Pavićević|18 May 1969|30 July 1971|League of Communists|
||Aleksandar Grličkov|18 May 1969|30 July 1971|League of Communists|
||Jakov Sirotković|30 July 1971|17 May 1974|League of Communists|
||Anton Vratuša|3 December 1971|16 May 1978|League of Communists|
||Dobroslav Ćulafić|17 May 1974|16 May 1978|League of Communists|
||Berislav Šefer|17 May 1974|16 May 1978|League of Communists|
||Miloš Minić|17 May 1974|16 May 1978|League of Communists|
||Branislav Ikonić|16 May 1978|16 May 1982|League of Communists|
||Ivo Margan|16 May 1978|16 May 1982|League of Communists|
||Andrej Marinc|16 May 1978|16 May 1982|League of Communists|
||Dragoljub Stavrev|16 May 1978|16 May 1982|League of Communists|
||Gojko Ubiparip|16 May 1978|16 May 1982|League of Communists|
||Zvone Dragan|16 May 1982|15 May 1984|League of Communists|
||Borislav Srebrić|16 May 1982|15 June 1986|League of Communists|
||Mijat Šuković|16 May 1982|15 June 1986|League of Communists|
||Janez Zemljarič|15 May 1982|16 March 1989|League of Communists|
||Miloš Milosavljević|16 May 1986|16 March 1989|League of Communists|
||Aleksandar Mitrović|16 March 1989|20 December 1991|League of Communists|
||Živko Pregl|16 March 1989|21 November 1991|League of Communists|

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Deputy Prime Minister
Podpredsjednik Vlade
Потпредседник Владе
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **image**: Edvard Kardelj (5).jpg
- **imagesize**: 150px
- **imagecaption**: **Longest serving
Edvard Kardelj**
7 March 1945 – 29 June 1963
- **formation**: 26 August 1939
- **first**: Vladko Maček
- **last**: Aleksandar Mitrović (politician), Aleksandar Mitrović
Živko Pregl
- **abolished**: 21 November 1991