Ljube Boškoski

Ljube Boškoski (Macedonian: Љубе Бошкоски, Macedonian pronunciation: [ˈʎubɛ 'bɔʃkɔski]; born 24 October 1960) is a Macedonian politician and former Minister of Internal Affairs of Macedonia (now North Macedonia).

He created and led a controversial elite special operations tactical unit of the Macedonian police called Lions in his capacity as Minister of Internal Affairs. Boškoski would later be accused of command responsibility by the ICTY for war crimes in Ljuboten during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, but was acquitted of all charges. Upon his return to Macedonia, Boškoski and his backers split from VMRO–DPMNE to form United for Macedonia, but did not win any seats in the parliament in the 2011 parliamentary election.

On 2011, he was arrested by the police, and detained by the court for alleged illegal funding of the election campaign. He served a prison sentence for illegal campaign funding and abuse of office during the 2011 election campaign of his party but was later acquitted in a retrial. Boškoski is also on the United States black list, held by the Office of Foreign Assets Control for "engaging in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting extremist violence in the Republic of Macedonia and elsewhere in the Western Balkans region."