Dimitar Apasiev ( mk, Димитар Апасиев) is a Macedonian legal scholar, politician and the leader of the political party The Left. He is a

docent The title of docent is conferred by some European universities to denote a specific academic appointment within a set structure of academic ranks at or below the full professor rank, similar to a British readership, a French " ''maître de conf ...

of Law at the

Goce Delčev University of Štip The Goce Delčev University of Štip ( mk, Универзитет Гоце Делчев Штип, Univerzitet Goce Delchev Shtip; abbr. UGD) is a public university in North Macedonia. Founded in 2007, the university has twelve faculties and three ...

. During the 2020 Macedonian parliamentary election, his party The Left, won two seats, making him a member of the

Assembly of North Macedonia The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk, Собрание на Република Северна Македонија, sq, Kuvendi i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut), or the Sobranie ( mk, Собрание, "Assembly"), is t ...

Early life

Apasiev was born on 22 September 1983 in Titov Veles,

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, now a part of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

Education

Apasiev completed his

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in 2009, and his Master's degree in 2010. In 2015, he completed a PhD specializing in

Roman law Roman law is the law, legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the ''Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor J ...

at the state university Ss. Cyril and Methodius in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

Career

Apasiev is an author of a number of books and monographs, including over 50 academic articles and papers. He has been a legal consultant to several state judicial bodies, trade unions, civil society organizations and informal activist initiatives.

Political career

In November 2015, Apasiev co-founded The Left, a political party which combined a number of leftist movements in North Macedonia. The party found by Apasiev and he himself, have been described by some academics and news outlets as "

fascist Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...

". In September 2020, Apasiev testified at the Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje after receiving three criminal charges for spreading racial, religious, and ethnic intolerance. Apasiev was involved in a publicized argument in July 2022 with the president of North Macedonia,

Stevo Pendarovski Stevo Pendarovski ( mk, Стево Пендаровски, ; born 3 April 1963) is a Macedonian politician who serves as the 5th and current President of North Macedonia since 12 May 2019. Early life and education Stevo Pendarovski was born o ...

, involving personal insults.Апасиев и Пендаровски разменија тешки зборови во жестока јавна расправија
03.07.2022, НОВА МАКЕДОНИЈА.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Apasiev, Dimitar Living people 1983 births Academic staff of the Goce Delčev University of Štip Macedonian activists People from Veles, North Macedonia 21st-century Macedonian politicians