Vice President of Yugoslavia

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The office of Vice President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia existed from April 1963 to June 1967. It was established by the new Yugoslav Constitution adopted on 7 April 1963.^[1] The first to serve in the role was Aleksandar Ranković who assumed office on 30 June 1963. Due to an affair involving wire-tapping of Yugoslav president and general secretary of the League of Communists Josip Broz Tito, Ranković was forced to resign from the Central Committee and from the vice presidency on 1 July 1966. He was subsequently replaced by Koča Popović two weeks later who served out the remainder of Ranković's four-year term.^[2] On 26 April 1967 new amendments to the 1963 constitution were approved which disestablished the vice presidency once Ranković and Popović's combined four-year term was up.^[3] The office ceased to exist on 30 June 1967.

List of vice presidents

No.	Picture	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office		Political Party	Representing
1		Aleksandar Ranković (1909–1983)[4]	30 June 1963	1 July 1966	League of Communists of Yugoslavia	SR Serbia
2		Koča Popović (1908–1992)[5]	14 July 1966	30 June 1967	League of Communists of Yugoslavia	SR Serbia

See also

• List of heads of state of Yugoslavia

References

1. ↑ "Odluka o proglašenju ustava Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije. XIX (14). Belgrade. 10 April 1963. pp. 261–292. 
2. ↑ "Odluka o proglašenju ustava Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije. XIX (14). Belgrade. 10 April 1963. pp. 261–292. 
3. ↑ "Odluka o proglašenju ustavnih amandmana". Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije. XXIII (18). Belgrade. 26 April 1967. pp. 485–486. 
4. ↑ Alexandar Rankovic - Political Profile of a Yugoslav "Stalinist" Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
5. ↑ Koka Popovic: a tough Eastern Proletarian Raised by Western Governesses Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.