predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
vladimir mitkov -lrb- as president of sr macedonia -rrb- boris trajkovski 1 january 2012 Štip kingdom of bulgaria -rrb- , kingdom of serbia -lrb- then controlled by skopje , republic of macedonia macedonian social democratic union of macedonia -lrb- sdsm -rrb- 1st president of macedonia 3 may 1917 january 27 , 1991 kiro gligorov.jpg kiro gligorov
 november 19 , 1999 kiro gligorov Киро Глигоров
kiro gligorov

kiro gligorov -lrb- , -rrb- , may 3 , 1917january 1 , 2012 -rrb- 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 .
