Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Slovenia

Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Slovene: Sekretar predsedstva Zveze komunistov Slovenije
	Emblems of the LCY
	Longest serving; Franc Šetinc; 19 December 1972 – 30 July 1982
Type	Chief of staff
Member of	ZKS Presidency
Appointer	ZKS Presidency
Term length	Two to four years, renewable; (1966–1990)
Constituting instrument	LCY Charter & ZKS Charter
Formation	17 October 1966
First holder	France Popit
Final holder	Sonja Lokar
Abolished	27 October 1990

The secretary was the highest administrative leader of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia (ZKS), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (SR Slovenia) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY). The officeholder was elected by and answerable to the ZKS Presidency.

Office history[edit]

Title	Established	Abolished	Established by
Secretary of the Executive Bureau of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia Slovene: Sekretar Izvršnega biroja Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije	17 October 1966	5 April 1974	6th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the ZKS 5th Congress
Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia Slovenian: Sekretar Izvršnega komiteja Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije	5 April 1974	30 July 1982	7th Congress of the League of Communists of Slovenia
Secretary of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia Slovenian: Sekretar predsedstva Centralnega komiteja Zveze komunistov Slovenije	30 July 1982	27 October 1990	9th Congress of the League of Communists of Slovenia

Secretaries of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia
No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Term of office	Birth	PM	Death	Ref.
1	France Popit	17 October 1966	11 December 1968	2 years, 55 days	5th (1965–1968)	1921	1940	2013	^[1]
2	Andrej Marinc	11 December 1968	19 December 1972	4 years, 8 days	6th (1968–1974)	1930	1947	Alive	^[2]
3	Franc Šetinc	19 December 1972	30 July 1982	9 years, 101 days	6th–8th (1968–1982)	1919	?	2016	^[3]
4	Miha Ravnik	30 July 1982	19 April 1986	3 years, 263 days	9th (1982–1986)	1938	1957	2021	^[4]
5	Miloš Prosenc	19 April 1986	23 December 1989	3 years, 248 days	10th (1986–1989)	1938	1958	Alive	^[5]
6	Sonja Lokar	23 December 1989	27 October 1990	308 days	11th (1989–1990)	1948	?	Alive

^ "Umrl je France Popit (1921-2013)" [France Popit died (1921-2013)]. Delo (in Slovenian). 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ Stroynowski 1989b, p. 734; Stanković 1981, p. 133.
^ "In memoriam: Franc Šetinc (1929–2016)" [In memoriam: Franc Šetinc (1929–2016)]. Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ "V spomin: Miha Ravnik (1938 – 2021)" [In memory: Miha Ravnik (1938 – 2021)] (in Slovenian). Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
^ Staff writer 1982, p. 50.

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