The members of the AVNOJ, commonly referred to as delegates, were selected to represent specific parts of Yugoslavia. There were seventeen delegates selected to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina, fifteen representing Croatia, fourteen each on behalf of Serbia and Montenegro, eight representing Slovenia, six representing Sandžak, and three representing Vojvodina. The distribution reflected the number of Partisans from each part of the country taking part in the armed struggle at the time. Some of the selected delegates, including those representing Slovenia and Vojvodina, and twelve others, did not arrive. The Slovene delegation sent a telegram informing the AVNOJ of its support. Macedonia was not represented at all. The AVNOJ elected its presidency, which consisted of Ivan Ribar as the president, and Pavle Savić and Nurija Pozderac as vice-presidents. Ribar was viewed as a symbol of continuation of the pre-war government because he was the first President of the Constitutional Assembly of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was later renamed Yugoslavia.