President of the Presidency of SAP Kosovo

The president of the Presidency of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian: Predsjednik Predsjedništva Socijalističke Autonomne Pokrajine Kosovo, Albanian: Kryetari i Kryesisë së Krahinës Socialiste Autonome të Kosovës) existed from its establishment in 1945 until its dissolution in 1991.[1]

President of the Presidency of Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo
StyleChairman
Formation1 January 1944
First holderMehmet Hoxha
Final holderHysen Kajdomçaj
Abolished18 March 1991
SuccessionPresident of Kosovo

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In the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, which was at the time one of the two socialist autonomous provinces of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and one of the federal units of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a single-party system was in place. During this time there were eight heads of state, all from the ranks of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). The federal party was organized into six sub-organizations - the republic parties, one for each of the six federal republics. Kosovan politicians and presidents of the presidency of the period were members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia through their membership in the League of Communists of Kosovo (SKK), the Kosovan part of the federal party (as was respectively the case with all Yugoslav politicians).[2]

Party

  KPK/SKK

# Name
(Born–Died)
Portrait Term of office Political party
President of the People's Liberation Committee for Kosovo and Metohija
1 Mehmed Hoxha
(1908–1987)
  1 January 1944 11 July 1945 Communist Party
President of the Regional People's Liberation Committee of Kosovo and Metohija
(1) Fadil Hoxha
(1916–2001)
1st time
  11 July 1945 20 February 1953 Communist Party
renamed in 1952 to
League of Communists
2 Ismet Shaqiri
(1918–1986)
  20 February 1953 12 December 1953 League of Communists
3 Đorđije Pajković
(1917–1980)
  12 December 1953 5 May 1956 League of Communists
4 Pavle Jovićević
(1910–1985)
  5 May 1956 4 April 1960 League of Communists
5 Dušan Mugoša
(1914–1973)
  4 April 1960 18 June 1963 League of Communists
President of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija
6 Stanoje Akšić
(1921–1970)
  18 June 1963 24 June 1967 League of Communists
(1) Fadil Hoxha
(1916–2001)
2nd time
  24 June 1967 7 May 1969 League of Communists
President of the Assembly of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo
7 Ilaz Kurteshi
(1927–2016)
  7 May 1969 May 1974 League of Communists
President of the Presidency of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo
8 Xhavid Nimani
(1919–2000)
  May 1974 14 July 1981 League of Communists
9 Ali Šukrija
(1919–2005)
  5 August 1981 1982 League of Communists
10 Kolë Shiroka
(1922–1994)
  1982 May 1983 League of Communists
11 Shefqet Nebih Gashi
(1927–)
  May 1983 May 1985 League of Communists
12 Branislav Škembarević
(1920–2003)
  May 1985 May 1986 League of Communists
13 Bajram Selani
(1919–2019)
  May 1986 May 1988 League of Communists
14 Remzi Kolgeci
(1947–2011)
  May 1988 5 April 1989 League of Communists
15 Hysen Kajdomçaj
(1943–)
  27 June 1989 18 March 1991 League of Communists

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Разрешен Риза Сапунџију, Председништво Косова престаје са радом" [Riza Sapundžiju was dismissed, the Presidency of Kosovo ceases to work]. istorijskenovine.unilib.rs (in Serbo-Croatian). Borba. 19 March 1991. pp. 1–2.
  2. ^ "Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (from 1990, Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija)". Worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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