League of Communists of Yugoslavia

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The League of Communists of Yugoslavia was the ruling communist party of socialist Yugoslavia, dominating its political life from World War II until the country’s disintegration in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political organization
ruling party
abbreviation LCY
SKJ
corePrinciple brotherhood and unity of Yugoslav nations
country Yugoslavia
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
deFactoDissolutionEvent 14th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
deFactoDissolutionYear 1990
dissolved early 1990s
economicPolicy socialist self-management
founded 1919
foundedAs Communist Party of Yugoslavia
founder Communist Party of Yugoslavia
surface form: Communist Party of Yugoslavia leadership
governanceModel one-party socialist state
headquartersCountry Yugoslavia
headquartersLocation Belgrade
historicalEventInvolvement Croatian Spring
Tito–Stalin split
Yugoslav Partisan uprising
surface form: Yugoslav Partisan resistance in World War II

Yugoslav Revolution
Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
surface form: Yugoslav constitutional reforms of 1974

breakup of Yugoslavia
ideology Marxism–Leninism
Titoism
workers' self-management
internationalAffiliation Cominform
surface form: Cominform (until 1948)
internationalRole founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement
keyLeader Aleksandar Ranković
Alija Izetbegović
Edvard Kardelj
Franjo Tuđman
Josip Broz Tito
Milovan Đilas
Slobodan Milošević
Stane Dolanc
languageOfName Serbo-Croatian
legalStatus sole legal party in Yugoslavia for most of its rule
membershipPeak millions of members across Yugoslavia
nativeName Savez komunista Jugoslavije
opposedIdeology fascism
liberal multi-party pluralism (during one-party period)
monarchism in Yugoslavia
organizationalStructure federal party
paramilitaryWing People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia
surface form: People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (during World War II)
politicalPosition far-left
left-wing
precededBy Communist Party of Yugoslavia
reasonForDecline rise of republican parties and nationalism in late 1980s
reasonForDissolution withdrawal of republican delegations from 14th Congress in 1990
renamed League of Communists of Yugoslavia self-link
renamedIn 1952
role dominant force in Yugoslav politics after World War II
ruling party of socialist Yugoslavia
stateRelationship constitutionally defined leading role in Yugoslav society and state
suborganization 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 Serbia
League of Communists of Slovenia
successorOrganization League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia
various republican successor parties in Yugoslav republics
symbol red star
womenWing Conference for the Social Activity of Women
youthWing League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia

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Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina federalParty League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Communist Party of Yugoslavia successor League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav UDBA subordinateTo League of Communists of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form: League of Communists of Yugoslavia (de facto)
House of Flowers, Belgrade associatedWith League of Communists of Yugoslavia
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia jurisdiction League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Marshal of Yugoslavia associatedWithOrganization League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Jovanka Broz memberOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Herta Haas memberOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Edvard Kardelj memberOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav People’s Army (in territory control) allegiance League of Communists of Yugoslavia
subject surface form: Yugoslav People’s Army
Government of Yugoslavia rulingParty League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Croatia partOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Croatia influencedBy League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav royal court opposedBy League of Communists of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form: Yugoslav communists
League of Communists of Serbia partOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Serbia alignedIdeologicallyWith League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Ivan Stambolić memberOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Montenegro partOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina partOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Socialist Republic of Slovenia rulingParty League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia renamed League of Communists of Yugoslavia self-link
1st President: Kiro Gligorov memberOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia
subject surface form: Kiro Gligorov
Kiro Gligorov memberOf League of Communists of Yugoslavia