Ljube Boskoski

ABOUT LJUBE BOSKOSKI

Macedonian politician who was imprisoned in 2011 on charges of having unlawfully funded his parliamentary campaign.

He studied Law in Skopje before becoming the Minister of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Macedonia in 1998.

He was acquitted of war crimes charges after a Macedonian special police unit under his supervision killed Indian and Pakistani citizens in 2002.

His family lived in the Macedonian village of Celopek at the time of his birth.

He was a contemporary of former Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov , and both men faced scandals during their political careers.