ASNOM - Macedonia and its national liberation in 1944 - World War II

ASNOM (Anti-Fascist Assembly of the National Liberation of Macedonia) was the supreme legislative and executive people's representative body of the Macedonian state from 1944 until the end of World War II.
The first plenary session of ASNOM was convened on the symbolic date of August 2 (Ilinden-Uprising day) 1944 in the St. Prohor Pchinski Monastery near Kumanovo. The most important assembly decisions are the proclamation of the Macedonian state, proclamation of the Macedonian language as the official language of the Macedonian state. The citizens of Macedonia, regardless of their ethnic affiliation (ethnic Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Vlachs, Serbs, Roma etc), were guaranteed all civil rights, as well as the right to their mother tongue and confession of faith.

The president of the Assembly was Metodija Andonov Čento. Čento's goal was to create fully independent and united Macedonian state. The latter became a reality with the formation of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, however, Čento as its first president wanted a greater independence for the Macedonian republic from the federal Yugoslav authorities. He clashed with Svetozar Vukmanović-Tempo, Titos envoy to Macedonia and Lazar Koliševski, the leader of the ruling Communist Party of Macedonia.

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