Dimitar Apasiev

Dimitar Apasiev
MP
Димитар Апасиев
Apasiev in 2020
Born (1983-09-22) 22 September 1983 (age 41)
Titov Veles, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia)
NationalityMacedonian
Political partyThe Left
Academic background
Alma materSs. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
Academic work
DisciplineRoman Law
InstitutionsGoce Delčev University of Štip

Dimitar Apasiev (Macedonian: Димитар Апасиев) is a Macedonian legal scholar and politician. He is the leader of the political party The Left.[1] He is a docent of Law at the Goce Delčev University of Štip.[2] During the 2020 Macedonian parliamentary election, his party won two seats, making him a member of the Assembly of North Macedonia.[3]

Early life

Apasiev was born on 22 September 1983 in Titov Veles, Yugoslavia, now a part of North Macedonia.[4]

Education

Apasiev completed his undergraduate degree in 2009, and his Master's degree in 2010. In 2015, he completed a PhD specializing in Roman law at the state university Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje.[4]

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.[5]

Political career

In November 2015, Apasiev co-founded The Left, a political party which combined a number of leftist movements in North Macedonia.[6]

The party found by Apasiev and he himself, have been described by some academics and news outlets as "fascist".[7][8][9] 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.[10] Apasiev was involved in a publicized argument in July 2022 with the president of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, involving personal insults involving the president's late mother.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Левица ќе коалицира за влада само со оној што ќе го поништи Преспанскиот договор". Fokus (in Macedonian). 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Апасиев: Договорот за името треба да го склучи претседателот, а не премиерот". Lider (in Macedonian). 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Апасиев: Украдени ни се тројца пратеници, ќе поднесеме кривична против ДИК". PlusInfo (in Macedonian). 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Apasiev, Dimitar (2017). "Curriculum Vitae". Academia. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ Dimitar, Apasiev. "Димитар Апасиев". ResPublica - Institute of Communication Studies (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Покана за прес – Формирање на "ЛЕВИЦА"". Levica (in Macedonian). 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  7. ^ Bosilkov, Ivo (2021). "The State for Which People? The (Not So) Left Populism of the Macedonian Far-Left Party Levica" (PDF). Contemporary Southeastern Europe. 8 (1): 40–55. doi:10.25364/02.8:2021.1.4. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. ^ Бранимир Јовановиќ: Оваа Левица е фашистичка партија, мора да му се спротивставиме на ова зло. 360степени, 16 јули, 2020.
  9. ^ Џабир Дерала, Леви или фашисти – од црно поцрно, зад маската на црвеното. CivilMedia, July 17, 2020.
  10. ^ Апасиев со контрапријави до оние што го пријавија за ширење говор на омраза. 360степени. 16 септември, 2020.
  11. ^ Апасиев и Пендаровски разменија тешки зборови во жестока јавна расправија. 03.07.2022, НОВА МАКЕДОНИЈА.