• Source: League of Communists of Serbia

      • The League of Communists of Serbia (Serbian: Савез комуниста Србије, romanized: Savez komunista Srbije, abbr. SKS), known as the Communist Party of Serbia (Serbian: Комунистичка партија Србије, romanized: Komunistička partija Srbije, abbr. KPS) until 1952, was the ruling political party of Serbia from 1945 to 1990. It was the Serbian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
      Under a new constitution ratified in 1974, greater power was devolved to the various republic-level branches. In 1987, the party was taken over by the populist faction led by Slobodan Milošević. Milošević appeased nationalists in Serbia by promising to reduce the level of autonomy within the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. This policy increased ethnic tensions with the other republics and nationalities and led to the Yugoslav Wars. During the early 1990s, the growing ethnic tensions between the republics of Yugoslavia led to the break-up of the federal party.
      On 17 July 1990, it merged with several smaller parties to form the Socialist Party of Serbia.
      During its existence the League of Communists of Kosovo and the League of Communists of Vojvodina were associated with it as "integral parts."


      Party leaders



      Blagoje Nešković (1941 – 1948)
      Petar Stambolić (1948 – March 1957)
      Jovan Veselinov (March 1957 – 4 November 1966)
      Dobrivoje Radosavljević (4 November 1966 – February 1968)
      Petar Stambolić (February 1968 – November 1968)
      Marko Nikezić (November 1968 – 26 October 1972)
      Tihomir Vlaškalić (26 October 1972 – May 1982)
      Dušan Čkrebić (May 1982 – 17 May 1984)
      Ivan Stambolić (17 May 1984 – May 1986)
      Slobodan Milošević (May 1986 – 24 May 1989)
      Bogdan Trifunović (24 May 1989 – 16 July 1990)


      Congresses



      I. (Founding) Congress – 8–12 May 1945
      II. Congress – 17–21 January 1949
      III. Congress – 26–29 April 1954
      IV. Congress – 4–6 June 1959
      V. Congress – 11–14 May 1965
      VI. Congress – 21–23 November 1968
      VII. Congress – 23–25 April 1974
      VIII. Congress – 29–31 May 1978
      IX. Congress – 1982
      X. Congress – May 1986
      XI. Congress – December 1989
      XII. (Extraordinary) Congress – July 1990


      See also


      History of Serbia
      League of Communists of Yugoslavia
      League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
      League of Communists of Croatia
      League of Communists of Macedonia
      League of Communists of Montenegro
      League of Communists of Slovenia
      League of Communists of Vojvodina
      League of Communists of Kosovo
      List of leaders of communist Yugoslavia
      Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia


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