Strahil Gigov
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| Born | Strahil Gigov-Andro 16 September 1909 Veles, Ottoman Empire |
| 💀Died | 19 May 1999 (aged 89) Skopje, Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia19 May 1999 (aged 89) |
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Strahil Gigov-Andro (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) (c.1909 – 19 of May 1999)[1] was a Macedonian communist, participant in the National Liberation War, and a high-ranking official from the communist era. He was a recipient of the Partisan Memorial 1941 and other high Yugoslav decorations, and on November 29, 1953, he was proclaimed a National Hero of Yugoslavia[2]
Life
Early life
Strahil Gigov was born on September 16, 1909, in Veles, then part of the Skopje Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, into a poor craftsman family. He enrolled in the gymnasium in Veles, which he had to leave in his third year because he did not have the financial means to continue his education. He then began learning a trade. He worked at the state railway in Veles, training as a metal turner. During this time, he became acquainted with older comrades who were members of the progressive workers’ movement, which he himself soon joined, and quickly became one of its most prominent activists.[3]
Gigov became a trade union activist as early as 1928. He became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1929, and of the Local Committee in Veles in 1931. On December 27, 1934, he was arrested, and in June 1935 he was sentenced to three years in prison. He served his full sentence in Sremska Mitrovica and was released on December 27, 1937.[4]On December 1, 1938, he was briefly arrested again, but due to protests organized in Veles during his transfer to the city, he was immediately released.[5]
World War 2
In the autumn of 1939, he became a member of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Macedonia, and in the summer of 1940 he was arrested for the third time. He was transferred to a prison in Belgrade, but was acquitted of the charges in September.[6] In January 1941, he was sent to a concentration camp near Međurečje, close to Ivanjica, where he remained until the camp was dissolved on March 27, 1941.[7]
By the end of 1941, he was secretary of the Local Committee in Veles. At the beginning of 1942, he became secretary of the Veles District Committee, and in September 1942 he was again elected as a member of the new Provincial Committee. Together with Svetozar Vukmanović, Kuzman Josifovski and Cvetko Uzunovski, he attended the meeting in Tetovo on March 19, 1943, at which the Communist Party of Macedonia was founded, and he became a member of its first Central Committee.[8] He was a member of the Main Headquarters of the Macedomian partisans, of the Initiative Board for Convening the First Session of ASNOM, where he served as a member and secretary, as well as a member of Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia. participated in the First Session of ASNOM on August 2, 1944, where he was elected a member of the Presidium of ASNOM. On August 6, he was appointed Commissioner for Construction and Communications of the Presidium of ASNOM, and on November 3, he became Secretary of the Presidium of ASNOM.[9] On August 14, the Presidium of ASNOM elected him as a member of the Commission for determining the crimes of the occupiers and their collaborators.[10]
Later Life
After the Second Session of ASNOM, on January 1, 1945, he was appointed Commissioner for Industry and Crafts.[11] and then, with the election of the first government of Macedonia, he was appointed Minister of Industry and Mining. He remained in that position until February 11, 1946.[12] On November 19, 1947, he returned to the Government of Macedonia as Minister of Construction. [13]On October 26, 1948, he left this position and became President of the Planning Commission.[14] He remained in this position until February 8, 1950, after which, on April 27 of the same year, he was elected a member of the Federal Government as Chairman of the Committee for Non-Metals.[15] Shortly thereafter, on October 15 of the same year, he was elected President of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the People’s Republic of Macedonia[16]
He was also a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, and at the federal level he was elected several times as a member of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia.
He was a member of the Federal Executive Council for eight years, and later served as Vice-President of the Federal Assembly. He was also a member of the Council of the Federation.
References
- ↑ „Македонска енциклопедија“, МАНУ, Скопје, 2009, 355 стр.
- ↑ „Народни херои од Македонија“, Наша книга, Скопје, 1973, стр. 107
- ↑ HEROJI JUGOSLAVENSKE NARODNOOSLOBODILAČKE BORBE 1941. – 1945. p. 160. More than one of
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- ↑ Страхил Гигов „Сеќавања“, „Наша книга“, Скопје, 1975, 71-72 и 76 стр.
- ↑ Darko Stuparić “Revolucionari i bez funkcija”, “Otokar Keršovani”, Rijeka, 1975, 102 str.
- ↑ Страхил Гигов „Сеќавања“, „Наша книга“, Скопје, 1975, 154 стр.
- ↑ Страхил Гигов „Сеќавања“, „Наша книга“, Скопје, 1975, 158 стр.
- ↑ Страхил Гигов „Сеќавања“, „Наша книга“, Скопје, 1975, 252-253 стр.
- ↑ "Службен весник на федералната единица Македонија во Демократска и Федеративна Југославија, 1/1945, 5 и 49 стр" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-11-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Решение за именување на Државна комисија при Президиумот на АСНОМ за утврдување на престапите на окупаторите и нивните слуги
- ↑ „Нова Македонија“, 3 јануари 1945 година, 1 стр.
- ↑ „Прв слободен синдикален конгрес на работниците и наместениците на Македонија“, Скопје, 1946, 138 стр.
- ↑ Службен весник на НРМ, 33/1947, 2 стр.
- ↑ Службен весник на НРМ, 33/1948, 1 стр.
- ↑ Службен весник на Народна Република Македонија 13/51, 3 стр.
- ↑ Службен весник на Народна Република Македонија 29/51, 3 стр.
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