League of Communists of Serbia Савез комуниста Србије Savez komunista Srbije | |
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| Abbreviation | KPS (until 1952) SKS (after 1952) |
| Secretary/President | See list |
| Founded | 8 May 1945 (1945-05-08) |
| Dissolved | 17 July 1990 (1990-07-17) |
| Preceded by | Provincial Committee for Serbia |
| Succeeded by | Socialist Party of Serbia |
| Headquarters | Ušće Tower,Belgrade |
| Youth wing | League of Socialist Youth of Serbia |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Titoism |
| National affiliation | League of Communists of Yugoslavia[a] |
| Colours | Red |
| Party flag | |
TheLeague of Communists of Serbia (Serbian:Савез комуниста Србије,romanized: Savez komunista Srbije, abbr.SKS), known as theCommunist Party of Serbia (Serbian:Комунистичка партија Србије,romanized: Komunistička partija Srbije, abbr.KPS) until 1952, was therulingpolitical party ofSerbia from 1945 to 1990. It was the Serbian branch of theLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia, known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The two autonomous provinces within Serbia had their own branches of the federal party: theLeague of Communists of Kosovo and theLeague of Communists of Vojvodina.
The republic-level branches of Kosovo and Vojvodina were associated with the League of Communists of Serbia as its "integral parts".[2] Under the1974 Yugoslav Constitution, greater power wasdevolved to these republic-level branches. Following the8th Session of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia in 1987, the party was taken over by the populist faction led bySlobodan Milošević. Milošević appeased nationalists in Serbia by promising to reduce the level of autonomy within the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. This policy increased ethnic tensions with the other republics and nationalities and led to theYugoslav Wars. During the early 1990s, the growing ethnic tensions between the republics of Yugoslavia led to the break-up of the federal party.
On 17 July 1990, it merged with several smaller parties to form theSocialist Party of Serbia.[3]

