Socialist Republic of Macedonia

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Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Социјалистичка Република Македонија
A federal unit of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
←
1944 — 1991 →
Flag Coat of arms
Capital Skopje
Official language Macedonian
Established
In the SFRY:
 - Since
 - Until		 August 2, 1944

January 31, 1946
September 8, 1991
Area
 - Total
 - Water		 Ranked 4th in the SFRY
25,333 km²
1.9%
Population
 - Total 
 - Density		 Ranked 4th in the SFRY
2,033,964
79.1/km²
Currency Yugoslav dinar (динар)
Time zone UTC + 1

The Socialist Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), formerly the People's Republic of Macedonia (Народна Република Македонија, Narodna Republika Makedonija) was a constituent republic of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia[1][2]. After the transition of the political system to parliamentary democracy in 1990, the Republic changed its official name to Republic of Macedonia in 1991[3], and with the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia, it declared full independence on September 8, 1991.

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The modern Macedonian state was officially proclaimed under the name Democratic Macedonia[4] on August 2, 1944, the day of the Ilinden Uprising against the Ottoman empire in 1903, at the First Plenary Session of ASNOM during the antifascist National Liberation War of Macedonia in the Second World War. This date is now celebrated by the ethnic Macedonians as the day when which they were first allowed to freely state their nationality.

In 1945, the state changed its official name to People's Republic of Macedonia. It was formally incorporated as a constituent republic in the former Yugoslav Federation in 1946. However, many people were against the federation, others demanded greater independence from the federal authorities, which led to their prosecution. One of the notable victims of these purges was the first president Metodija Andonov - Čento.

In 1963, the name was changed to Socialist Republic of Macedonia. The Republic had the status of a state, although not completely independent. It had its own constitution, collective presidency, government, parliament, official language, state symbols, a Ministry of Internal Affairs, Macedonian Orthodox Church, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts and other state prerogatives. Also, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia had its own Territorial Defence armed forces (Macedonian: Територијална одбрана, translit.: Teritorijalna odbrana)[5], as well as a Bureau for Foreign Relations (a Ministry of Foreign Affairs).[6]

The rights of the ethnic minorities were guaranteed by the Constitution. The ruling political party was the League of Communists of Macedonia (Сојуз на комунистите на Македонија, Sojuz na komunistite na Makedonija).

In 1990 the form of government peacefully changed from socialist state to parliamentary democracy. The first pluralist elections were held on November 11, 1990. After the collective presidency led by Vladimir Mitkov[7] was dissolved, Kiro Gligorov became the first democratically elected president of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on January 27, 1991.[8] On April 16, 1991 the parliament adopted the constitutional amendment for removing the "Socialist" adjective from the official name of the country, and on June 7 the same year, the new name Republic of Macedonia was officially established.[3]. After the process of dissolution of Yugoslavia began, the Republic of Macedonia proclaimed full independence following a referendum held on September 8, 1991.

The Republic of Macedonia is the legal successor to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.

History of the Republic of Macedonia
(1941 - Present)
Chronological
National Liberation War of Macedonia (1941-1944)
Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1944-1991)
1963 Skopje earthquake (1963)
Republic of Macedonia (since 1991)
2001 Macedonia conflict (2001)
Topical
Military | ASNOM | NOF
Also see terminology and history
of the region of Macedonia.
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  1. ^ Устав Федеративне Народне Републике Југославије (1946), sr.wikisource.org, retrieved on October 19, 2007. (Serbo-Croatian)
  2. ^ Устав Социјалистичке Федеративне Републике Југославије (1963), sr.wikisource.org, retrieved on October 19, 2007. (Serbo-Croatian)
  3. ^ a b On This Day - Macedonian Information Agency - MIA, see: 1991 (Macedonian)
  4. ^ Dr. Cvetan Cvetkovski, Skopje University, Faculty of Law, "Constitutional history of the Republic of Macedonia", section "1. Creation of the contemporary Macedonian state during the Second World War (1941-1945)", Centre for European Constitutional Law.
  5. ^ Ministry of Defence of Republic of Macedonia
  6. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia Official Site
  7. ^ Faculty of Law, University of Skopje (Macedonian)
  8. ^ a b Kiro Gligorov was elected as a President on January 27 1991, when SR Macedonia was still an official name of the state. After the change of the state's name, he continued his function as a President of the Republic of Macedonia - The Offical Site of The President of the Republic of Macedonia

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