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Kiro Gligorov

Kiro Gligorov was a Macedonian and Yugoslav statesman, economist, and politician who served as the first president of the Republic of 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 resistan…

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politics · 1st president of Macedonia · politician · political commissar · lawyer · jurist · also Kiro Gligorov, Gligorov

Born 3 May 1917 · Died 1 January 2012 · Q153381

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65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
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Jan 1991Milestone
Career landmark: President of North Macedonia (1991–1999).
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2019· 1 entry

2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

An elementary school in Kapištec was named after him, with a bust placed in the yard of the school in 2024

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2017· 1 entry

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Was posthumously honoured with the Order "Saint Nicholas" (St

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2012· 9 entries

Jan 9, 2012Documented record75% confidence

The Washington Post: Kiro Gligorov, former Macedonian president, dies

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Jan 9, 2012Documented record69% confidence

The Daily Telegraph: Kiro Gligorov

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Jan 8, 2012Documented record69% confidence

The Independent: Kiro Gligorov: President of Macedonia throughout the Nineties

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Jan 5, 2012Documented record69% confidence

balkaninsight: Kiro Gligorov: Macedonia’s First Statesman

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Jan 2, 2012Documented record69% confidence

Seattle Times: Former Macedonian president Kiro Gligorov dies

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Jan 2, 2012Documented record69% confidence

The Boston Globe: Kiro Gligorov, at 94; led Macedonia to independence

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Jan 2, 2012Documented record77% confidence

BBC: Kiro Gligorov, Macedonian independence leader dead

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Jan 2, 2012Documented record69% confidence

Toronto Star: Kiro Gligorov, first elected president of Macedonia, dies at age 94

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Jan 1, 2012Documented record86% confidence

Died 2012-01-01.

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2011· 1 entry

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Was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the United Macedonian Diaspora

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2010· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2010Documented record75% confidence

“65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”

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2005· 1 entry

2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Became the first person to be awarded with the Republic of Macedonia's highest honour; the Order of the Republic of Macedonia

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1998· 1 entry

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Georgievski became the prime minister of Macedonia

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1995· 1 entry

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Survived an assassination attempt, of which the perpetrators have not been found

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1992· 2 entries

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Successfully negotiated the withdrawal of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) from Macedonian soil

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1992Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Asked Georgievski to form a new government, but he failed

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1991· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1991Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: President of North Macedonia (1991–1999).

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1989· 1 entry

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Was an adviser for Ante Marković's economic reform plan, which consisted of economic liberalisation, privatisation, the devaluation of the Yugoslav dinar and its pegging to the German mark, making it convertible

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1965· 1 entry

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Was the co-creator of a marketisation program which was never implemented, because the plan was considered too liberal by Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito

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1952· 1 entry

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A Belgrade weekly newspaper, with the aim of promoting socialist market economy as an alternative to Soviet-style centrally planned economy

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1943· 1 entry

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Became a member of the Action National Liberation Committee (ANOK), a group of the Communist Party of Macedonia which advocated for a United Macedonia

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1942· 1 entry

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Gligorov was arrested by Bulgarian police on the accusation that he was a pro-Serbian communist

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1941· 1 entry

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Gligorov returned to Skopje (then annexed by Bulgaria), where he worked as a lawyer until 1943

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1917· 1 entry

May 3, 1917Documented record86% confidence

Born 1917-05-03.

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