Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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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:
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. Too, its successors, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, adopted constitutions in 1992 and 2003, respectively.
- Ustava SFRJ (1974) - text of the 1974 constitution (Slovenian)
- Ustav SFRJ (1974) - text of the 1974 constitution (Serbian)