1st President: Kiro Gligorov

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Kiro Gligorov was a Macedonian statesman who led the country through its peaceful independence from Yugoslavia and became its first democratically elected president.

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instanceOf President of Macedonia
human
politician
statesman
awardReceived Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (Yugoslavia)
Order of the Yugoslav Star
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Vladimir Gligorov
countryOfCitizenship North Macedonia
surface form: Republic of Macedonia

Yugoslavia
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
dateOfBirth 1917-05-03
dateOfDeath 2012-01-01
educatedAt Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade
surface form: University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
electedIn 1991 Macedonian presidential election
endTime 1999-11-19
ethnicGroup Macedonians
familyName Gligorov
givenName Kiro
headOfGovernment North Macedonia
surface form: Republic of Macedonia
languageSpoken Macedonian
Serbo-Croatian
led peaceful independence of Macedonia from Yugoslavia
memberOf League of Communists of Macedonia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
name Kiro Gligorov
notableFor being first democratically elected President of Macedonia
guiding Macedonia to peaceful secession from Yugoslavia
occupation economist
lawyer
politician
office President of the Republic of Macedonia
participatedIn Balkan theatre of World War II
surface form: World War II in Yugoslavia
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Serbia
Štip
placeOfDeath North Macedonia
surface form: Republic of Macedonia

Skopje
playedRoleIn dissolution of Yugoslavia
politicalIdeology social democracy
positionHeld President of the Republic of Macedonia
precededBy office created
reElectedIn 1994 Macedonian presidential election
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
residence Skopje
spouse Violeta Gligorova
startTime 1991-01-27
succeededBy Boris Trajkovski
workedOn economic reforms in Yugoslavia

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President of North Macedonia officeHolderNumberOne 1st President: Kiro Gligorov