Lazar Koliševski
Yugoslav Macedonian political leader (1914–2000)
Lazar Koliševski (Macedonian: Лазар Колишевски [ˈlazar kɔˈliʃɛfski] ; 12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Macedonian Yugoslav communist political leader in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was closely allied with Josip Broz Tito.
Early years
Koliševski was born on 12 February 1914 in Sveti Nikole, Kingdom of Serbia (now North Macedonia), into a poor family. His mother was an Aromanian, while his father was Slavic. According to Kosta Tsarnushanov, a MMTRO member and historian, his father was a Serboman. In 1915, during the First World War, the region of Macedonia was occupied by the Kingdom of Bulgaria. His father was mobilized on the Salonica front, and during the war, both of Koliševski's parents died. Once left an orphan, he was taken by his aunts and sent to an orphanage. In 1928, he enrolled into a technical school in Kragujevac, where left-wing activism flourished. Here, he befriended future Yugoslav politicians Aleksandar Ranković and Boris Mijoski.
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