ALEKSANDAR FIRA
Jurist;
(b. Kragujevac, 04 May 1929 – d. Belgrade, 31 December 2011) 

Full professor of the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad, from 1970; judge of the Constitutional Court of Yugoslavia from 1969, president of that Court 1982-1990; president of the Constitutional Court of Vojvodina from 1974; president of the Federal Committee for Legislature and a member of Federal Executive Council, 1975-1982; professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences, 1990-1994

Membership of SASA: VANU: corresponding member from 4 December 1979; full member from 22 November 1984. SASA: full member from 29 May 1991; Department of Social Sciences, full member from 9 October 1992; (letter in his file) – VANU: president of the Presidency 1988-1990;

Biography and bibliography: Nastanak Vojvođanske akademije nauka i umetnosti, 1981; Akademske besede VANU; 19; Vojvođanska akademija nauka i umetnosti: 1979-1989, Novi Sad, 1989.

Membership of SASA boards: Interdepartmental Board for National Minorities and Human Rights Issues; Board for the Study of Serbian Law Sources, president; member of the Managing Board of the SASA Fund for Scientific Research from 28 May 1998

Awards and recognitions: Order of Labour with golden wreath, Order of the Military Merits with silver swords, Order of Brotherhood and Unity with golden wreath, Order of the Republic with silver wreath