President of Macedonia

President of the
Republic of Macedonia
Incumbent
Gjorge Ivanov
since 12 May 2009
Residence Villa Vodno[1]
Appointer Direct election
Term length Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Kiro Gligorov
27 January 1991
Formation Macedonian Constitution
16 April 1991
Website http://www.pretsedatel.mk/
Republic of Macedonia
This article is part of a series on the
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The President of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Претседател на Република Македонија) is the head of state of the Republic of Macedonia. The institution of the Presidency of the modern Republic of Macedonia began after the Macedonian declaration of independence on 8 September 1991. Its first president was Kiro Gligorov, the oldest president in the world until his resignation in 1999. The Macedonian presidency is largely a ceremonial post and the Prime Minister of Macedonia is the country's leading political figure and de facto chief executive.

The president must be a citizen of the Republic of Macedonia, be over 40 years of age and have lived in Macedonia for at least ten of the previous fifteen years.[2]

History

During the period of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, there was a collective presidency which was abolished in 1991. Its first president was Metodija Andonov Čento elected at ASNOM, when the modern Macedonian state was formed, while the last one was Vladimir Mitkov.[3] Following the transition from socialist system to parliamentary democracy in 1990, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia changed the collective leadership with a single-president post in 1991. Kiro Gligorov became the first democratically elected president of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on 27 January 1991.[4] On 16 April 1991 the parliament adopted a constitutional amendment removing the term "Socialist" from the official name of the country, and on 7 June of the same year, the new name Republic of Macedonia was officially established.[5] Hence Gligorov continued his function as a president of the Republic of Macedonia. After the process of dissolution of Yugoslavia began, the Republic of Macedonia proclaimed full independence following a referendum held on 8 September 1991. On completing his second term as head of the independent state Gligorov was succeeded by Boris Trajkovski in 1999. Following Trajkovski's death in 2004, he was succeeded by Branko Crvenkovski. Gjorge Ivanov won the 2009 presidential election and took office on 12 May 2009. He was re-elected in 2014.

List of Presidents of Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Macedonia

Parties

  KPM/SKM   Independent

Status
  Acting President
№ Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Term of office Political party
President of Initiatory Committee for Anti-Fascist Assembly of People's Liberation of Macedonia
1943–1944
1 Metodija Andonov-Čento
(1902–1957)		1 October 19432 August 1944Communist Party of Macedonia
Chairman of the Anti-Fascist Assembly of People's Liberation (ASNOM)
1944–1945
Metodija Andonov-Čento
(1902–1957)		2 August 19441 January 1945Communist Party of Macedonia
Presidents of the Presidium of the People's Assembly
1945–1953
Metodija Andonov-Čento
(1902–1957)		1 January 194515 March 1946Communist Party of Macedonia
— Dimitar Nestorov
(1890–1968)		16 March 194630 December 1946Communist Party of Macedonia
2 Blagoja Fotev
(1900–1993)		19474 January 1951Communist Party of Macedonia
— Vidoe Smilevski
(1915–1979)		4 January 19511953Communist Party of Macedonia
renamed in 1952 to
League of Communists of Macedonia
Presidents of the People's Assembly
1953–1974
3 Dimče Stojanov
(1910–1991)		195319 December 1953League of Communists of Macedonia
4 Lazar Koliševski
(1914–2000)		19 December 195326 June 1962League of Communists of Macedonia
5 Ljupčo Arsov
(1910–1986)		26 June 196224 June 1963League of Communists of Macedonia
6 Vidoe Smilevski
(1915–1979)		25 June 196312 May 1967League of Communists of Macedonia
7 Mito Hadživasilev
(1921–1968)		12 May 19671 August 1968League of Communists of Macedonia
8 Nikola Minčev
(1915–1997)		23 December 19686 May 1974League of Communists of Macedonia
Presidents of the Presidency
1974–1991
9 Vidoe Smilevski
(1915–1979)		6 May 197431 October 1979League of Communists of Macedonia
10 Ljupčo Arsov
(1910–1986)		31 October 197929 April 1982League of Communists of Macedonia
11 Angel Čemerski
(1923–2005)		29 April 198229 April 1983League of Communists of Macedonia
12 Blagoja Taleski
(1924–2001)		29 April 198329 April 1984League of Communists of Macedonia
13 Tome Bukleski
(1921–)		29 April 198426 April 1985League of Communists of Macedonia
14 Vančo Apostolski
(1925–2008)		26 April 198528 April 1986League of Communists of Macedonia
— Mateja Matevski
(1929–2018)		28 April 198630 April 1986League of Communists of Macedonia
15 Dragoljub Stavrev
(1932–2003)		30 April 1986May 1988League of Communists of Macedonia
16 Jezdimir Bogdanski
(1930–2007)		May 198828 April 1990League of Communists of Macedonia
17 Vladimir Mitkov
(1931–)		28 April 199027 January 1991League of Communists of Macedonia
18 Kiro Gligorov
(1917–2012)		27 January 199118 September 1991Independent

Republic of Macedonia

Parties

  LPM   DA   VMRO–DPMNE   SDSM   Independent

Status
  Acting President
№ Name
(Birth–Death) 		Portrait Elected Term of office Political Affiliation
Presidents
1991–present
1 Kiro Gligorov
(1917–2012)		199418 September 19914 October 1995Independent
— Stojan Andov
(1935–)		—4 October 199517 November 1995Liberal Party of Macedonia
(1) Kiro Gligorov
(1917–2012)		—17 November 199519 November 1999Independent
— Savo Klimovski
(1947–)		—19 November 199915 December 1999Democratic Alternative
2 Boris Trajkovski
(1956–2004)		199915 December 199926 February 2004
(Died in plane crash)		VMRO-DPMNE
— Ljupčo Jordanovski
(1953–2010)		—26 February 200412 May 2004Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
3 Branko Crvenkovski
(1962–)		200412 May 200412 May 2009Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
4 Gjorge Ivanov
(1960–)		2009
2014		12 May 2009IncumbentVMRO-DPMNE

Notes

Kiro Gligorov was incapacitated after an assassination attempt in 1995. Stojan Andov served as acting leader during Gligorov's incapacitation.

Latest election

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Gjorge IvanovVPMO-DPMNE449,44251.69534,91055.28
Stevo PendarovskiSocial Democratic Union326,16437.51398,07741.14
Ilijaz HalimiDemocratic Party of Albanians38,9664.48
Zoran T. PopovskiCitizen Option for Macedonia31,3683.61
Invalid/blank votes23,677–34,707–
Total869,547100967,676100
Registered voters/turnout1,779,57248.861,779,57254.36
Source: SEC

See also

References

  1. ↑ www.dnevnik.com.mk Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Macedonian Information Agency Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Prof. Dr. Vladimir Mitkov - Faculty of Law, University of Skopje Archived 2012-06-30 at Archive.is (in Macedonian)
  4. ↑ Kiro Gligorov was elected as a President on 27 January 1991, when SR Macedonia was still an official name of the state. After the change of the state's name, he continued his function as a President of the Republic of Macedonia The Official Site of The President of the Republic of Macedonia Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ On This Day - Macedonian Information Agency - MIA Archived 2008-01-25 at the Wayback Machine., see: 1991 (in Macedonian)
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