Politics of the Socialist Republic of Croatia

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The Socialist Republic of Croatia, one of the constituent countries of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had gone through a number of phases in its political life, during which its major political characteristics changed - its name, its top level leadership and ultimately its political organization.

During this time the main officers of state were the head of state, which was often a nominal role only, the head of government, and the head of the ruling political party, the Croatian Communist Party, a branch of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, both of which had also changed names during this period.

The heads of government used the title President of the Executive Council, all from the ranks of the Communist Party, which was reformed and renamed into the League of Communists in 1952, both at the federal and at the republic level.

The heads of the communist party held the title of the Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia, later President thereof, and together with the President of the Executive Council, this remained the central post of Croatian politics at the time, in spite of the institution of a collective Presidency in 1974. The mostly-nominal function of the head of state had at times belonged to the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, the Sabor.