12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

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The 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Dvanaesti kongres Saveza komunista Jugoslavije / Дванаести конгрес Савеза комуниста Југославије) was held from 26 to 29 June 1982, in the Belgrade Sava Centar. The highest organ of both the government and the party, it was the first Congress of League of Communists of Yugoslavia convened since Josip Broz Tito's death in 1980.[1] It was attended by delegates from all the republics and provinces, as well as a party delegation from the Yugoslav People's Army.

Background

The congress was organized in the backdrop the two years of the morning following the death of Josip Broz Tito.

Number of participants

The congress was attended by 1721 delegates, 323 high-level state officials and 118 different delegations.

The Agenda

  • Choice of working bodies
  • Verification of the delegation's power of attorney
  • Reports on the work of the organs of the SKJ between Eleventh and Twelfth Congress:
  • SKJ Central Committee
  • Statutory Issues Commission
  • SKJ Supervisory Commissions
  • Report from Dušan Dragosavac, President of the Central Committee)
  • Discussion on the report and reports of the SKJ bodies
  • The choosing of congressional commissions (ie their presidencies and presidents)
  • Discussion in the commissions on the future tasks of the ICJ and draft documents of the 12th Congress
  • Adoption of the resolution of the 12th congress of SKJ and amendment and amendment of the Statute of the ICJ

The Congress

At the Twelfth Congress, a new Central Committee was elected, consisting of 163 members, a 24-member Statutory Committee and a 15-member Supervisory Committee. Mitja Ribičič was elected for the new presidency of the CK SKJ. Members of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia elected at the Twelfth Congress: Ramiz Abduli

Sources

  1. ^ The 12th congress of the league of communists of Yugoslavia: The succession process continues, Robert F. Miller, 2008. pp11

References

  • Cohen, LJ (1993): Broken Bonds: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia, Boulder-San Francisco-Oxford: Westview Press
  • Ramet, SP (2005): Balkan Babylon. The breakup of Yugoslavia from Tito's death to Milošević's fall, Zagreb: Alinea
  • Silber, L., Little, A. (1996): Death of Yugoslavia, Opatija: Otokar Keršovani
  • History of the Communist Union of Yugoslavia. Research Center "Communist" Belgrade, "National Book" Belgrade and "Work" Belgrade, 1985.