League of Communists of Slovenia

League of Communists of Slovenia
Zveza komunistov Slovenije
Savez komunista Slovenije
LeaderGeneral Secretary of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Founded18 April 1937
Dissolved4 February 1990
Succeeded byUnited List of Social Democrats (ZLSD)
HeadquartersLjubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Titoism
Democratic socialism (after 1989)
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
National affiliationLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia
ColoursRed
Party flag

Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

The League of Communists of Slovenia (Slovene: Zveza komunistov Slovenije, ZKS; Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Slovenije) was the Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. It was established in April 1937 as the Communist Party of Slovenia and was the first autonomous sub-national branch of the federal party. Its initial autonomy was further amplified with the Yugoslav constitution of 1974, which devolved greater power to the various republic level branches.