THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IN MACEDONIA IN THE PERIOD FROM 1946 – 1953

Abstract

The paper makes an attempt to analyze the status, the role and the functioning of the executive branch of the government in Macedonia in the first decade after the liberation. Following the successful liberation, the first authorities with executive competences were officially set up by the Antifascist Assembly for National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM). In that direction, the paper analyzes the transition in the organization of the executive branch through the main phases (establishment of the Working body, election of the first Macedonian government as well as 1946 and 1953 constitutional framework). Finally, the paper makes an attempt to answer the question whether there were any specifics in the organization of the executive branch in Macedonia compared to other Yugoslav republics.