A general method based on complex variable theory is proposed to determine the magnetic and elastic fields of a piezomagnetic body. This method is used to derive the basic relations for complex potentials in the two-dimensional problem of magnetoelasticity, their general representations for a multiply connected domain, expressions for stresses, displacements, vectors of magnetic field intensity and magnetic flux density, and magnetic field potential. A closed-form solution is obtained for a body with an elliptic (circular) hole or crack subjected at infinity to the action of a constant magnetoelastic field. Numerical results for a piezomagnetic plate with a circular hole are presented Keywords: anisotropic body, complex potentials, crack, hole, inclusion, magnetic field intensity, magnetic flux density, magnetoelasticity, plane problemIntroduction. In recent years, interest in piezomagnetic materials has heightened. Development of analytic and numerical methods for solving specific classes of problems is still one of the urgent tasks in the theory of magnetoelasticity of anisotropic piezomagnetic bodies. The governing equations of magnetoelasticity were derived in [6], internal and external two-dimensional problems of magnetostatics were solved in [1], and the interaction of mechanical strains in solids with an electromagnetic field was investigated in [12]. The great prospects for piezomagnetic materials in modern electronics and engineering generate interest in their effective properties [3-5], interaction of magnetic and mechanical fields [9], and magnetoelastic problems for piezomagnetic plates [10,11], bodies with inclusions [7], holes, and cracks [2].In the present paper, we extend the general approaches to the solution of two-dimensional electroelastic problems for multiply connected bodies [8] to magnetoelastic problems for piezomagnetic bodies with holes and cracks. We will introduce complex potentials for a two-dimensional magnetoelastic problem, derive formulas for the basic magnetoelastic characteristics, formulate boundary conditions for the potentials, obtain their general representations for multiply connected domains, find a magnetoelastic solution for a body with an elliptic (circular) cavity or a crack, and present numerical results.1. Problem Formulation. Let us consider a multiply connected cylindrical anisotropic piezomagnetic body weakened by L longitudinal cavities with generatrices parallel to the cylinder axis. We will use a rectangular coordinate frame Oxyz with the z-axis directed along the cavity generatrices. The cross section of the body by the plane Oxy is a multiply connected domain S bounded by the external boundary L 0 and the outlines L l ( , ) l L = 1 of the holes. As a special case where the outside surface is at