Jakov Lazaroski ( mk, Јаков Лазароски; 18 October 1936 – 16 May 2021) was a Yugoslav-Macedonian political commissar and academic.

Biography

Born in Oktisi in 1936, Lazaroski graduated from the

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy ( sr, Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Београду), established in 1838 within the Belgrade Higher School, is the oldest Faculty at the University of Belgrade ...

in 1959. He earned a master's degree in 1970 and a doctorate in 1990. He began working as an industrial psychologist before moving to

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 ...

to work at the Service for Psychological Research at the Republic Secretariat for Internal Affairs. He became an assistant professor at the Institute for Sociological and Political-Legal Research in Skopje in 1966 and a research associate in 1969. In 1972, he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje and a full professor of psychology in 1996. In addition to his academic work, Lazaroski served on the

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

of the

League of Communists of Macedonia , logo = Emblem of the SKJ (Cyrillic).svg , colorcode = , leader = President of the League of Communists of Macedonia , predecessor = Regional Committee of the Communists in Macedonia , foundation = 1943 , dissolution = 20 April 1991 , s ...

, of which he was president from 1986 to 1989. He also served on the

Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia The Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Централни комитет Савеза комуниста Југославије) was the highest body of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia between Congresses. In the ...

. Jakov Lazaroski died on 16 May 2021 at the age of 84. The cause of death has not been disclosed.

References

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