The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Serbia (LCS), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (SRS) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Party rules stipulated that the LCS Central Committee elected the president.

The 8th LCS Congress instituted a two-year term limits for officeholders.

This body had no distinct rights and was under the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Central Committee.

On 8 May 1945, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Serbia.