Presidency of Yugoslavia

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The Presidency of Yugoslavia was the collective head of state body of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, responsible for key state functions including representing the country and conferring its highest honors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state ⓘ
federal presidency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Predsedništvo SFRJ ⓘ
Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal level of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
composition representatives of the six socialist republics of Yugoslavia ⓘ
representatives of the two autonomous provinces of Yugoslavia ⓘ
country Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia ⓘ
dissolutionNote ceased to function with the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
dissolved 1992 ⓘ
dominantParty League of Communists of Yugoslavia ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1974-02-21 ⓘ
established 1971 ⓘ
1974 ⓘ
establishmentNote a collective presidency was introduced by the 1971 constitutional amendments and fully defined by the 1974 Constitution ⓘ
firstChairmanAfterTito Cvijetin Mijatović ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
function appointed and recalled ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives ⓘ
conferred the highest state decorations of Yugoslavia ⓘ
could declare a state of war or emergency under constitutional conditions ⓘ
proclaimed laws and other federal acts ⓘ
proposed candidates for the Federal Executive Council ⓘ
received letters of credence and recall of foreign diplomatic representatives ⓘ
represented Yugoslavia at home and abroad ⓘ
served as commander-in-chief of the Yugoslav People’s Army collectively ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of the SFRY (1974) ⓘ
hadOffice President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia (indirect influence via proposals) ⓘ
jurisdiction entire territory of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
leadershipStructure rotating President of the Presidency ⓘ
legalBasis 1974 Constitution of Yugoslavia ⓘ
Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslavia

Socialist Republic of Serbia ⓘ
location Belgrade ⓘ
memberCount 8 ⓘ
9 ⓘ
memberCountNote originally included a seat for Josip Broz Tito in addition to 8 federal units ⓘ
notableChairman Borisav Jović ⓘ
Branko Kostić ⓘ
Janez Drnovšek ⓘ
Lazar Koliševski ⓘ
Mika Špiljak ⓘ
Petar Stambolić ⓘ
Raif Dizdarević ⓘ
Sergej Kraigher ⓘ
Stjepan Mesić ⓘ
Veselin Đuranović ⓘ
oversaw implementation of foreign policy of Yugoslavia ⓘ
politicalSystem one-party socialist state ⓘ
precededBy President of the Republic (Josip Broz Tito) ⓘ
linked to: Josip Broz Tito
role collective head of state of Yugoslavia ⓘ
supreme representative body of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
rotationSystem chairmanship rotated among representatives of republics and provinces ⓘ
subordinateTo Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
usedLanguage Macedonian ⓘ
Serbo-Croatian ⓘ
Slovene ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Order of the National Hero (Yugoslavia) → awardingBody → Presidency of Yugoslavia ⓘ
President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia → higherOfficeContext → Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia
President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia → partOf → Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia
President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro → seeAlso → Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia → establishesInstitution → federal presidency of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia
Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo administration within SFR Yugoslavia → representedIn → Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia
Presidency of Yugoslavia → alsoKnownAs → Predsedništvo SFRJ ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia
Presidency of Yugoslavia → alsoKnownAs → Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia
Jovanka Budisavljević → associatedWith → Presidency of Josip Broz Tito ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of Yugoslavia