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Kiro Gligorov
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Kiro Gligorov was the first president of the Republic of Macedonia, serving from 1991 until 2012, and played a key role in leading the newly independent nation through its early years following the breakup of Yugoslavia. His leadership during this critical period helped establish Macedonia as a sovereign state and navigate the complex political and security challenges of the region.
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Nikola Kljusev , Branko Crvenkovski , Ljubčo Georgievski
- Vice president
- Ljubčo Georgievski (1991)
- Preceded by
- Vladimir Mitkov (as President of the SR Macedonia )
- Succeeded by
- Boris Trajkovski
- Born
- ( 1917-05-03 ) 3 May 1917, Štip , Bulgarian-occupied Serbia
- Died
- 1 January 2012 (2012-01-01) (aged 94), Skopje , Macedonia
- Citizenship
- Yugoslav/Bulgarian/Macedonian
- Party
- LCY / LCM (1940s–1991) SDSM (from 1991)
- Spouse
- Nada Misheva ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; died 2009 )
- Children
- 3, including Vladimir
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- North Macedonia
- Place of birth
- Štip
- Place of death
- Skopje
- Child
- Vladimir Gligorov
- Occupation
- jurist
- Position held
- President of North Macedonia
- Educated at
- University of Belgrade
- Political party
- League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Field of work
- law
- Conflict
- World War II in Yugoslavia
- Image
- Киро Глигоров 03 (28-01-1993).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1917-05-03
- date of death
- 2012-01-01
- Commons category
- Kiro Gligorov
- name in native language
- Киро Глигоров
- birth name
- Кирил Благоев Григоров
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Encyclopedic overview
Kiro Gligorov (Macedonian: Киро Глигоров, pronounced [ˈkirɔ ˈɡliɡɔrɔf] ; 3 May 1917 – 1 January 2012) was a Macedonian and Yugoslav statesman, economist, and politician who served as the first president of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 1991 to 1999. He was born and raised in Štip, where he was also educated. He continued his education in Skopje and graduated in law in Belgrade. During World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia, he worked as a lawyer and participated in the partisan resistance. By the end of the war, he was an organiser of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia, the predecessor of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia as a federal Yugoslav state.
After the war, he served in various positions in Yugoslavia. For decades, he was a high-ranking official and an economist there. Prior to the breakup of Yugoslavia, Gligorov was an adviser for Ante Marković's market reform plan. Gligorov later played a pivotal role in Macedonia's peaceful secession from Yugoslavia and its international recognition. In 1995, he survived an assassination attempt, of which the perpetrators have not been found. For his role in its independence and political development, international researchers and the Macedonian public regard him as the father of the Macedonian state.
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