Kiro Gligorov
Appearance
Kiro Gligorov Киро Глигоров | |
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1st President of Macedonia | |
In office January 27, 1991 – November 19, 1999 | |
Vice President | Ljubčo Georgievski (1991)[1] |
Preceded by | Vladimir Mitkov (as President of the SR Macedonia) |
Succeeded by | Boris Trajkovski |
Personal details | |
Born | Štip, Bulgarian-occupied Serbia (now North Macedonia) | May 3, 1917
Died | January 1, 2012 Skopje, Macedonia | (aged 94)
Nationality | Yugoslav/Macedonian |
Political party | LCM/Independent[2] |
Spouse(s) | Nada Misheva (1943–2009; her death) |
Children | 3 |
Kiro Gligorov (Macedonian: Киро Глигоров, pronounced [ˈkirɔ ˈɡliɡɔrɔf] (listen); May 3, 1917 – January 1, 2012) was the first President of the Republic of Macedonia from 1991 to 1999.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bideleux, Robert; Jeffries, Ian (2007-01-24). The Balkans: A Post-Communist History. ISBN 9781134583287.
- ↑ Sabrina P. Ramet et al., Building Democracy in the Yugoslav Successor States: Accomplishments, Setbacks, and Challenges since 1990, Cambridge University Press, 2017, ISBN 1107180740, p. 290.