Kiro Gligorov held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Kiro Gligorov as President of the Republic of Macedonia (1917–2012).
Kiro Gligorov was born at Štip in 1917. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He was educated at University of Belgrade Faculty of Law and University of Belgrade.
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He served as President of North Macedonia (1991–1999).
His political affiliation is recorded as Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Order of the Yugoslav Star, Order of the Republic, Order of Brotherhood and Unity and Order of Labour.
That the career was made in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Kiro Gligorov died in 2012, aged 95. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of North Macedonia (1991–1999)
- Order of the Yugoslav Star
- Order of the Republic
- Order of Brotherhood and Unity
- Order of Labour
- Educated at University of Belgrade Faculty of Law and University of Belgrade
