The president was the leader of the League of Communists of Croatia (LCC), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (SRC) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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

The 9th LCC 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 1 August 1937, the LCY convened the founding congress of the Communist Party of Croatia.