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Lazar Mojsov

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Lazar Mojsov
Лазар Мојсов
Mojsov, c. 1977
34th President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office
1977–1978
Preceded byHamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
Succeeded byIndalecio Liévano
President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office
15 May 1987 – 15 May 1988
Prime MinisterBranko Mikulić
Preceded bySinan Hasani
Succeeded byRaif Dizdarević
15th Vice President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office
15 May 1986 – 15 May 1987
PresidentSinan Hasani
Preceded bySinan Hasani
Succeeded byHamdija Pozderac
President of the Presidency of the LCY Central Committee
In office
20 October 1980 – 20 October 1981
Preceded byStevan Doronjski
Succeeded byDušan Dragosavac
Personal details
Born(1920-12-19)19 December 1920
Negotino, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died25 August 2011(2011-08-25) (aged 90)
Belgrade, Serbia
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
ChildrenSvetlana Mojsov
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade

Lazar Mojsov (Macedonian: Лазар Мојсов; 19 December 1920 – 25 August 2011) was a Macedonian journalist, communist politician and diplomat from SFR Yugoslavia.

Biography

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Mojsov was born on 19 December 1920 in Negotino, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Mojsov received his doctoral degree from the University of Belgrade's Law School and joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.[1] He fought for the anti-fascist partisans in World War II. During the 1940s, he participated as the public prosecutor in the show trials against many real or alleged collaborators, and people with pro-Bulgarian views, who were sentenced to death for treason, in Socialist Republic of Macedonia.[2] He was the attorney general of SR Macedonia from 1948 to 1951.[3] During the next two decades, he served as a member of the parliaments of SFR Yugoslavia and SR Macedonia and as editor-chief of Nova Makedonija and Borba.[3][1] Meanwhile, he began a diplomatic career, serving as Yugoslav ambassador to the Soviet Union and Mongolia from 1958 to 1961 and as ambassador to Austria from 1967 to 1969. From 1969 to 1974, he served as Yugoslav ambassador to the United Nations, Guyana and Jamaica.[3][4]

From 1974 to 1982, Mojsov was deputy foreign minister of Yugoslavia, and, from 1977 to 1978, he was the president of the United Nations General Assembly.[3] From 1980 to 1981, he served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and from May 1982 to May 1984, he was the foreign minister.[5] From 1984 to 1989, he was a member of the collective presidency of Yugoslavia and was its chairman from 1987 to 1988.[5] After the 1989 Kosovo miners' strike, he participated in the preparation of the arrest of Kosovo Albanian politician Azem Vllasi on 2 March by fabricating a story that he had a document where Vllasi and other Kosovo Albanian leaders had a three-phase plan, starting with the strike and ending with an insurrection, while also blaming the Albanian secret service in Tirana. In 1990, he became a member of the Serbian political party League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia.[6] Mojsov also wrote on the subjects of foreign policy and the Macedonian Question. Mojsov died in August 2011, aged 90, in Belgrade. He was buried at Belgrade New Cemetery's Alley of Distinguished Citizens.[7][4] His daughter Svetlana Mojsov is a scientist.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Dimitar Bechev (2009). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia. Scarecrow Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780810862951.
  2. ^ Dimitris Livanios (2008). The Macedonian Question: Britain and the Southern Balkans 1939-1949. Oxford University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780199237685.
  3. ^ a b c d "Lazar Mojsov (Yugoslavia)". un.org. United Nations. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b Blaže Ristovski, ed. (2009). Macedonian Encyclopedia. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. p. 981.
  5. ^ a b "Lazar Mojsov". jorm.gov. Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of North Macedonia.
  6. ^ Viktor Meier (2005). Yugoslavia: A History of Its Demise. Taylor & Francis. pp. 87, 153. ISBN 9781134665112.
  7. ^ "Sahranjen Lazar Mojsov" [Lazar Mojsov buried]. Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Macedonian scientist Svetlana Mojsov is among the recipients of the Asian Tang Prize for biopharmacy". Sloboden Pecat. 2024.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by President of the United Nations General Assembly
1977–1978 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia
15 May 1987 – 15 May 1988 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
20 October 1980 – 20 October 1981 		Succeeded by
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