The Socialist Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалистичка Република Македонија) was the name of today's Republic of Macedonia as a federal state in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Until 1963, the official name was the People's Republic of Macedonia (Народна Република Македонија). After it gained independence with the referendum held on September 8, 1991, its official name was changed to Republic of Macedonia.
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The Socialist Republic of Macedonia was officially created on August 2, 1944, at the first ASNOM meeting. This date is now celebrated by the ethnic Macedonians as the day when they were allowed for the first time in history to freely state their nationality. However, many people were against the federation or demanded a greater independence from the federal authorities. This led to prosecution of the nationalists, a policy common in Titoist Yugoslavia. One of the notable victims of these purges was the first president Metodija Andonov Čento.
Socialist Republic of Macedonia had a status of a state, although not independent. It had its own Constitution, collective Presidency, Government, Parliament, official language, state symbols, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Academy of Science and Arts and other prerogatives of a state. The rights of the ethnic minorities were guaranteed by the Constitution. The ruling political party was the League of Communists of Macedonia (Sojuz na komunisti na Makedonija).
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