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.

  1. ^ "Odluka o proglašenju ustava Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije. Vol. XIX, no. 14. Belgrade. 10 April 1963. pp. 261–292.
  2. ^ "Odluka o proglašenju ustava Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije". Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije. Vol. XIX, no. 14. Belgrade. 10 April 1963. pp. 261–292.
  3. ^ "Odluka o proglašenju ustavnih amandmana". Službeni list Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije. Vol. XXIII, no. 18. Belgrade. 26 April 1967. pp. 485–486.