Georgi Efremov

Who is Georgi Efremov?

Dr. Georgi D. Efremov, was Macedonian academician and scientist at Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonia and professor from Faculty of Agricultural Science and Food in Skopje. He was specialized in genetic engineering in human medicine, veterinary medicine and animal biotechnology. He was former Ambassador and Minister of Science in R. Macedonia.

He was born in the little town of Kratovo, Republic of Macedonia-one of the oldest towns in Europe on December 8, 1932. His father was Merchant-wholesales, a richest man in the town until 1945, when the new communist regime of the former Yugoslavia confiscated all his property. His parents taught their children that education is the only way to a better life.

He started his higher education in the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Croatia. In 1956 he graduated from this university and the next two years he served as a veterinarian, later enrolling at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Medicine in Macedonia. After he finish medicine he was appointed as junior assistant in physiology of domestic animals at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food in Skopje.