Nikola Kljusev

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Nikola Kljusev
Никола Кљусев
Nikola Kljusev as prime minister promoting the first Macedonian currency in 1992
1st Prime Minister of Macedonia
In office
27 January 1991 – 17 August 1992
PresidentKiro Gligorov
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byBranko Crvenkovski
Personal details
Born2 October 1927
VMRO-DPMNE

Nikola Kljusev (Macedonian: Никола Кљусев; 2 October 1927 – 16 January 2008) was a Macedonian academician and politician. Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from January 27, 1991, until August 17, 1992, following the country's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.[2][3]

Early life

Nikola Kljusev was born in Štip, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, on October 2, 1927.[3] He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1953, before obtaining his doctorate in economics at the same university in 1964.[3] Kljusev's doctoral thesis was "Criteria and Methods for Assessment of Economic Effectiveness of Investments".[4]

Economics

Kljusev began his career in economic

Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences (MANU) in 1988 and remained at the organization until his death in 2008.[4]

Politics

Nikola Kljusev served as the first

Bosnia-Herzegovina
, during the 1990s.

Under Kljusev's leadership (and background in economics), the

Yugoslav Army (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from Macedonia as Prime Minister.[3]

Kljusev was a

non-partisan prime minister, and, thus, was not a member of any political party while in office.[1] He later joined VMRO-DPMNE
, a major Macedonian political party, after leaving office. He was elected President of the Council of the VMRO-DPMNE in 1997.

Nikola Kljusev returned to public office later as the Defence Minister, from 1998 until 2000.[3]

Death

Nikola Kljusev died in Macedonia on January 16, 2008. His death was announced by the Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts (MANU).[3][4]

Kljusev was buried in the Alley of the Great at the Butel cemetery in

day of mourning.[2]

References

Political offices
New title
Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

1991–1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Defense

1998–2000
Succeeded by