The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Croatia (CPC)/League of Communists of Croatia (LCC) was the highest body of the CPC/LCC between the two congresses. The CP organizations in Yugoslavia, as well as the CP organizations in its federal units, managed their central committees.
The CPC was a part of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY)/League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) which was the ruling political organization in the former Yugoslavia in the period 1945-1990. The LC dictated the overall development of Yugoslav and Croatian society, and Party decisions were largely binding on the state and republic authorities and governmental bodies, as well as for mass political organizations.