Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

The Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia was the official Deputy of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia and later Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia, from 1939 until 2003.

Deputy Prime Minister
Podpredsjednik Vlade
Потпредседник Владе
Longest serving
Edvard Kardelj

7 March 1945 – 29 June 1963
Formation26 August 1939
First holderVladko Maček
Final holderAleksandar Mitrović
Živko Pregl
Abolished21 November 1991

History of the office edit

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was established on 26 August 1939, during the government of Dragiša Cvetković. It was initially held by Vladko Maček.

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of SFR Yugoslavia was established on 2 February 1946, during the government of Josip Broz Tito. It was initially held by two people: Edvard Kardelj and Jaša Prodanović. From then on, the office was usually held simultaneously by several people at the same time. Also, Deputy Prime Ministers sometimes combined the post with another government portfolio.

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia was abolished with the constitutional reforms of 2003. Therefore, the last Deputy Prime Minister was Miroljub Labus, who served from 4 November 2000 to 17 March 2003.

List of deputy prime ministers edit

Kingdom of Yugoslavia period (1939–1945) edit

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
  Vladko Maček
(1879–1964)
26 August 1939 10 April 1941 Croatian Peasant Party
  Slobodan Jovanović
(1869–1958)
10 April 1941 14 April 1941 Independent
Yugoslav government-in-exile
  Slobodan Jovanović
(1869–1958)
14 April 1941 11 January 1942 Independent
  Juraj Krnjević
(1895–1988)
21 August 1941 10 August 1943 Croatian Peasant Party
  Miha Krek
(1897–1969)
21 August 1941 10 August 1943 Slovene People's Party
  Slobodan Jovanović
(1869–1958)
26 June 1943 10 August 1943 Independent
Provisional Government
  Milan Grol
(1876–1952)
7 March 1945 18 August 1945 Democratic Party
  Edvard Kardelj
(1910–1979)
7 March 1945 1 February 1946 Communist Party

SFR Yugoslavia period (1945–1992) edit

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party
  Edvard Kardelj
(1910–1979)
2 February 1946 29 June 1963 Communist Party
renamed in 1952 to
League of Communists
  Jaša Prodanović
(1867–1948)
2 February 1946 1 June 1948 Communist Party
  Aleksandar Ranković
(1909–1983)
1 April 1949 18 April 1963 Communist Party
renamed in 1952 to
League of Communists
  Blagoje Nešković
(1907–1984)
5 September 1949 14 January 1953 Communist Party
renamed in 1952 to
League of Communists
  Milovan Đilas
(1911–1995)
14 January 1953 17 January 1954 League of Communists
  Moša Pijade
(1890–1957)
14 January 1953 30 January 1954 League of Communists
  Svetozar Vukmanović
(1912–2000)
30 January 1954 19 April 1958 League of Communists
  Rodoljub Čolaković
(1900–1983)
30 January 1954 29 June 1963 League of Communists
  Mijalko Todorović
(1913–1999)
19 April 1958 29 June 1963 League of Communists
  Svetislav Stefanović[citation needed]
(1910–1980)
18 April 1963 29 June 1963 League of Communists
  Boris Kraigher
(1914–1967)
29 June 1963 4 January 1967 League of Communists
  Miloš Minić
(1914–2003)
29 June 1963 18 May 1967 League of Communists
  Veljko Zeković
(1906–1985)
29 June 1963 18 May 1967 League of Communists
  Kiro Gligorov
(1917–2012)
18 May 1967 18 May 1969 League of Communists
  Rudi Kolak
(1918–2004)
18 May 1967 18 May 1969 League of Communists
  Nikola Miljanić
(1921–1972)
18 May 1969 30 July 1971 League of Communists
  Mišo Pavićević
(1915–1995)
18 May 1969 30 July 1971 League of Communists
  Aleksandar Grličkov
(1923–1989)
18 May 1969 30 July 1971 League of Communists
  Jakov Sirotković
(1922–2002)
30 July 1971 17 May 1974 League of Communists
  Anton Vratuša
(1915–2017)
3 December 1971 16 May 1978 League of Communists
  Dobroslav Ćulafić
(1926–2011)
17 May 1974 16 May 1978 League of Communists
  Berislav Šefer
(born 1926)
17 May 1974 16 May 1978 League of Communists
  Miloš Minić
(1914–2003)
17 May 1974 16 May 1978 League of Communists
  Branislav Ikonić
(1928–2002)
16 May 1978 16 May 1982 League of Communists
  Ivo Margan
(1926–2010)
16 May 1978 16 May 1982 League of Communists
  Andrej Marinc
(born 1930)
16 May 1978 16 May 1982 League of Communists
  Dragoljub Stavrev
(1932–2003)
16 May 1978 16 May 1982 League of Communists
  Gojko Ubiparip
(1927–2000)
16 May 1978 16 May 1982 League of Communists
  Zvone Dragan
(born 1939)
16 May 1982 15 May 1984 League of Communists
  Borislav Srebrić
(1927–1997)
16 May 1982 15 June 1986 League of Communists
  Mijat Šuković
(1930–2011)
16 May 1982 15 June 1986 League of Communists
  Janez Zemljarič
(1928–2022)
15 May 1982 16 March 1989 League of Communists
  Miloš Milosavljević
(born 1932)
16 May 1986 16 March 1989 League of Communists
  Aleksandar Mitrović
(1933–2012)
16 March 1989 20 December 1991 League of Communists
  Živko Pregl
(1947–2011)
16 March 1989 21 November 1991 League of Communists

See also edit