Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) was the supreme law of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its predecessor, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FPRY). This constitution was revised several times since first being drafted after World War II. These revisions were as follows:

• Constitution of FPRY, adopted on January 31, 1946
• Constitutional Law of the FPRY, adopted on January 13, 1953
• Constitution of SFRY, adopted on April 7, 1963
• Constitution of SFRY, adopted on February 21, 1974

The 1974 document is notable as it proclaimed Yugoslav Leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito president for life. It became defunct in 1990, when Yugoslavia's successor states adopted their own constitutions:

• Constitution of Croatia
• Constitution of Serbia
• Constitution of Slovenia

Constitutional documents were also drafted for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia.

Moreover, Communist Yugoslavia's predecessor states, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia each had its own constitution, adopted in 1921 and 1931, respectively. Its successor states, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, adopted constitutions in 1992 and 2003, respectively.

See also

• League of Communists of Yugoslavia
• Edvard Kardelj

External links

• sl:Ustava Socialistične federativne republike Jugoslavije - text of the 1974 constitution
• sr:Устав Социјалистичке Федеративне Републике Југославије - text of the 1974 constitution