League of Communists of Macedonia
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League of Communists of Macedonia (in Macedonian
: Сојуз на комунистите на Македонија, Sojuz na Komunistite na Makedonija, SKM) was the Macedonia
n branch of the ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia
during the period 1943 – 1990. It was formed under the name Communist Party of Macedonia during the antifascist
National Liberation War of Macedonia in the Second World War. It retained that name until April 1952.
The League of Communists of Macedonia was the ruling political party
in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia
. Its successor after the introduction of political pluralism in 1990 was the League of Communists of Macedonia - Party for Democratic Change (Сојуз на Комунистите на Македонија - Партија за Демократска Преобразба, СКМ-ПДП; Sojuz na Komunistite na Makedonija - Partija za Demokratska Preobrazba, SKM-PDP) led by Petar Gošev, which took part in the first democratic elections in the same year. On its 11th Congress on April 20, 1991, the party finally dropped the "communist" reference from its name and changed it to the current Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
.http://www.sdsm.org.mk/?ItemID=B14BCD78620EA644ADC226AFF93B52C4 There was a small minority which retained the old name and constituted itself as a distinct political entity. This organization was founded in 1992 under the name League of Communists of Macedonia - Freedom Movement
.
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
: Сојуз на комунистите на Македонија, Sojuz na Komunistite na Makedonija, SKM) was the Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
n branch of the ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia , before 1952 the Communist Party of Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Jugoslavije/Савез комуниста Југославије, Slovene: Zveza komunistov Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na...
during the period 1943 – 1990. It was formed under the name Communist Party of Macedonia during the antifascist
Resistance during World War II
Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns...
National Liberation War of Macedonia in the Second World War. It retained that name until April 1952.
The League of Communists of Macedonia was the ruling political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia was a socialist state that was a constituent country of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
. Its successor after the introduction of political pluralism in 1990 was the League of Communists of Macedonia - Party for Democratic Change (Сојуз на Комунистите на Македонија - Партија за Демократска Преобразба, СКМ-ПДП; Sojuz na Komunistite na Makedonija - Partija za Demokratska Preobrazba, SKM-PDP) led by Petar Gošev, which took part in the first democratic elections in the same year. On its 11th Congress on April 20, 1991, the party finally dropped the "communist" reference from its name and changed it to the current Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia is a centre-left political party in the Macedonia.It is the successor of the League of Communists of Macedonia, the ruling party during the communist regime which ruled SR Macedonia as a constituent republic of SFR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. The current...
.http://www.sdsm.org.mk/?ItemID=B14BCD78620EA644ADC226AFF93B52C4 There was a small minority which retained the old name and constituted itself as a distinct political entity. This organization was founded in 1992 under the name League of Communists of Macedonia - Freedom Movement
League of Communists of Macedonia (1992)
League of Communists of Macedonia is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia...
.
Leaders
Secretaries of the Central Committee of the League of Communists- Lazar KoliševskiLazar KoliševskiLazar Koliševski was a Communist political leader in Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia closely allied with Tito.- Early years :...
(March 1943 - July 1963) (b.1914 - d.2000) - Krste CrvenkovskiKrste CrvenkovskiKrste Crvenkovski was a Communist political leader in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He was a leader of the League of Communists of Macedonia .He was a political opponent to the dominant political course of Lazar Koliševski in 1970s....
(July 1963 - March 1969) (b.1921 - d.2001) - Angel Čemerski (March 1969 - May 1982) (b.1923 - d.2005)
- Krste Markovski (May 1982 - 5 May 1984) (b.1925)
- Milan Pančevski (5 May 1984 - Jun 1986) (b.1935)
- Jakov Lazarovski (Jun 1986 - 1989) (b.1949)
- Petar Gošev (1989 - April 1991) (b.1948)
See also
- History of MacedoniaHistory of Macedonia*For history of the whole Macedonian region, see Macedonia #History.**For history of the modern Greek region of Macedonia, see History of modern Macedonia .**For history of the Republic of Macedonia, see History of the Republic of Macedonia....
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