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Kiro Gligorov was the first President of the Republic of Macedonia, serving from 1991 to 1999. He held various high positions in the political establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including as Secretary of State for Finance in the Federal Executive Council, a member of the Yugoslav Presidency, as well as President of the Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from May 15, 1974 to May 15, 1978. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. May 1917 – 1. January 2012
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Kiro Gligorov Quotes

“We are Slavs who came to this area in the sixth century (AD)… we are not descendants of the ancient Macedonians.”

Kiro Gligorov

Foreign Information Service Daily Report, Eastern Europe (February 26, 1992)

“We are Macedonians but we are Slav Macedonians. That's who we are! We have no connection to Alexander the Great and his Macedonia. The ancient Macedonians no longer exist, they had disappeared from history long time ago. Our ancestors came here in the 5th and 6th century”

Kiro Gligorov

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Toronto Star (March 15, 1992)

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