Prime Minister of Macedonia

Prime Minister of the Macedonia
Coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia
Incumbent Zoran Zaev since 31 May 2017
Appointer	Gjorge Ivanov, as President of Macedonia
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	Nikola Kljusev 27 January 1991
Formation	Macedonian Constitution 16 April 1991

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The Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, officially the President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Претседател на Владата на Република Македонија), is the head of government of the Republic of Macedonia. He or she is the leader of a political coalition in the Macedonian parliament (the Sobranie) and the leader of the cabinet. The current Prime Minister is Zoran Zaev, who has served since 31 May 2017.

List of Prime Ministers of Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Macedonia

Party

  KPM/SKM

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political Party
Minister for Macedonia 1945
1	Emanuel Čučkov (1901–1967)		7 March 1945	1945	Communist Party of Macedonia
Prime Minister 1945–1953
2	Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000)		16 April 1945	1953	Communist Party of Macedonia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Macedonia
	Chairmen of the Executive Council 1953–1991
	Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000)		1953	December 1953	League of Communists of Macedonia
3	Ljupčo Arsov (1910–1986)		December 1953	1961	League of Communists of Macedonia
4	Aleksandar Grličkov (1923–1989)		1961	1965	League of Communists of Macedonia
5	Nikola Minčev (1915–1997)		1965	1968	League of Communists of Macedonia
6	Ksente Bogoev (1919–2008)		1968	March 1974	League of Communists of Macedonia
7	Blagoj Popov (1920–1992)		March 1974	29 April 1982	League of Communists of Macedonia
8	Dragoljub Stavrev (1932–2003)		29 April 1982	June 1986	League of Communists of Macedonia
9	Gligorije Gogovski (1943–)		June 1986	27 January 1991	League of Communists of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Parties

  SDSM   VMRO–DPMNE   Independent

Status

  Acting Prime Minister

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Elected	Term of office		Time in Office	Political Affiliation
Prime Ministers 1991–present
1	Nikola Kljusev (1927–2008)		1990	27 January 1991	17 August 1992	1 year, 203 days	Independent
2	Branko Crvenkovski (1962–)		1994	17 August 1992	30 November 1998	6 years, 104 days	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
3	Ljubčo Georgievski (1966–)		1998	30 November 1998	1 November 2002	3 years, 336 days	VMRO-DPMNE
(2)	Branko Crvenkovski (1962–)		2002	1 November 2002	12 May 2004	1 year, 193 days	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
—	Radmila Šekerinska (1972–)		—	12 May 2004	2 June 2004	31 days	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
4	Hari Kostov (1959–)		—	2 June 2004	18 November 2004	169 days	Independent supported by Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
—	Radmila Šekerinska (1972–)		—	18 November 2004	17 December 2004	42 days	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
5	Vlado Bučkovski (1962–)		—	17 December 2004	27 August 2006	1 year, 250 days	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
6	Nikola Gruevski (1970–)		2006 2008 2011 2014	27 August 2006	18 January 2016	9 years, 143 days	VMRO–DPMNE
7	Emil Dimitriev (1979–)		—	18 January 2016	31 May 2017	1 years, 134 days	VMRO–DPMNE
8	Zoran Zaev (1974–)		2016	31 May 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 86 days	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia

See also

• President of Macedonia
• List of Speakers of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia