Jagnula Kunovska ( mk, Јагнула Куновска), (born 1943, Kastoria,

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) is a prominent

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jurist, politician and artist.

Biography

She was born in the Greek city of Kastoria in 1943. She is the granddaughter of the Kastorian voivode, Nikola Dobrolitski. She was evacuated to the city of Tetovo in the People's Republic of Macedonia in 1948 as one of the many political refugees of the Greek Civil War. She finished a law degree at

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. She then worked as a lawyer in Skopje. She is a member of the Association of writers from Macedonia. She soon became a leading

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in the

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. In 1990 she became a founding member of the Macedonian political party,

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''(MAAK)''. She was a supporter of

Tito Petkovski Tito Petkovski ( mk, Тито Петковски) (born 23 January 1945) is a politician of the Republic of North Macedonia, and leads the New Social Democratic Party. Early life Petkovski was born in Kriva Palanka, DFR Yugoslavia and was named af ...

's bid for the Presidency of the Republic of Macedonia in 1999. In 2006 she ran election in the Skopje and Kumanovo regions as part of the New Social Democratic Party. In 2006 there was a controversy between Kunovska and Vlado Bučkovski which involved claims of Bulgarianisation. In 2007 she left the New Social Democratic Party and became a member of the leading party of the Republic of Macedonia,

VMRO–DPMNE Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...

During 2008 she has participated in the writing of the magazine "Makedonski Duhovni Konaci".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunovska, Jangula 1943 births Living people Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia Members of the Assembly of North Macedonia People from Kastoria New Social Democratic Party politicians VMRO-DPMNE politicians Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni Macedonian lawyers Greek emigrants to North Macedonia