Denko Maleski ( mk, Денко Малески) is a

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intellectual, diplomat, and professor at

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Biography

Maleski was born on 14 November 1946 in Skopje, then in

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. He is a son of

Vlado Maleski Vlado Maleski ( mk, Владо Малески; 5 September 1919 – Struga, 23 September 1984) was a Yugoslav Macedonian writer, communist activist, publisher and revolutionary. He published several novels and short stories and was the author of ...

, who wrote the lyrics of the Macedonian national anthem. Denko Maleski received his Master of Laws from the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje in 1977, then his PhD in International Relations from the

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in 1981. In 1985, he was elected Dean of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies and Journalism at the University of Skopje. During 1990–91, Maleski was a visiting Fulbright professor at

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, USA. During 1998–99, he led a research program at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies at

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, USA. Denko Maleski was the first foreign minister of then Republic of Macedonia from 1991 to 1993, and ambassador to the

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, from 1993 to 1997. He is a professor at the Law Faculty at the University of Skopje and the director of the postgraduate studies of "International Politics and International Law". He is the author of numerous scientific publications, articles and essays. Maleski claims that the separate Macedonian nation was formed in the middle of the 20th century as an offshoot of the

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:Kaychev, N. Being Macedonian: Different types of ethnic identifications in the contemporary Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia in 20th and 21st century (2014), No. 30, pp. 123-132. Published By: Księgarnia Akademicka Politeja. Retrieved October 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/24919720

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