Background
Nikola Kljusev was born in Štip, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and today in the Republic of Macedonia, on October 2, 1927.
economist university professor
Nikola Kljusev was born in Štip, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and today in the Republic of Macedonia, on October 2, 1927.
University of Belgrade. University of Belgrade Faculty of
He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of in 1953, before obtaining his doctorate in economics at the same university in 1964.
Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of Macedonia from January 27, 1991 until August 17, 1992, following the country"s independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991. Kljusev"s doctoral thesis was "Criteria and Methods for Assessment of Economic Effectiveness of Investments". Kljusev began his career in economic academia as an assistant at the Institute for Industrial Scientific Research.
He later served as a researcher and director of the Institute in Skopje.
Kljusev also served as a professor and dean of the Skopje Faculty of
Nikola Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia for 19 months in 1991 and 1992 following the country"s separation from Yugoslavia. Kljusev is credited with ushering Macedonia through a largely peaceful transition to full inpendendence.
Macedonia"s independence was in sharp contrast to the violent wars that engulfed other nations of the former Yugoslavia, such as Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, during the 1990s. Under Kljusev"s leadership (and background in economics), the denar was introduced as Macedonia"s new national currency.
He also headed the difficult negotiations to withdraw the Yugoslav military of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from Macedonia as Prime Minister.
(non-partisan). He was elected President of the Council of the VMRO-DPMNE in 1997. Nikola Kljusev returned to public office later as the Defence Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, from 1998 until 2000.
Nikola Kljusev died in Macedonia on January 16, 2008.
His death was announced by the Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts (MANU). The government of Macedonia declared January 18, 2008, as a national day of mourning.
Kljusev was an non-partisan prime minister, and, thus, was not a member of any political party while in office. He later joined VMRO-DPMNE, a major Macedonian political party, after leaving office.
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.