President of North Macedonia
| President of the Republic of North Macedonia
Претседател на Република Северна Македонија (Macedonian) Presidenti i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut (Albanian) | |
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| Residence | Villa Vodno[1] |
| Appointer | Direct election |
| Term length | Five years renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of North Macedonia |
| Formation | 16 April 1991 |
| First holder | Kiro Gligorov |
| Salary | 17,250 USD annually[2] |
| Website | pretsedatel.mk |
The president of the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Претседател на Република Северна Македонија; is the head of state of North Macedonia. The presidency of the modern North Macedonia state 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.
North Macedonia's presidency is largely a ceremonial post and the prime minister of North Macedonia is the country's main political figure.
The president must be a citizen of North Macedonia, be over 40 years of age and have lived in North Macedonia for at least ten of the last fifteen years.[3]
List of presidents[change | change source]
Republic of Macedonia[change | change source]
- Parties
LPM DA VMRO–DPMNE SDSM Independent
- Status
Acting president
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Kiro Gligorov (1917–2012) | 18 September 1991 | 4 October 1995 | 4 years, 16 days | SDSM | 1994 | |
| – | Stojan Andov (born 1935) Acting | 4 October 1995 | 17 November 1995 | 44 days | LPM | — | |
| (1) | Kiro Gligorov (1917–2012) | 17 November 1995 | 19 November 1999 | 4 years, 2 days | SDSM | — | |
| – | Savo Klimovski (born 1947) Acting | 19 November 1999 | 15 December 1999 | 26 days | DA | — | |
| 2 | Boris Trajkovski (1956–2004) (Died in plane crash) | 15 December 1999 | 26 February 2004 † | 4 years, 73 days | Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity | 1999 | |
| – | Ljupčo Jordanovski (1953–2010) Acting | 26 February 2004 | 12 May 2004 | 76 days | SDSM | — | |
| 3 | Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962) | 12 May 2004 | 12 May 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | SDSM | 2004 | |
| 4 | Gjorge Ivanov (born 1960) | 12 May 2009 | 12 May 2019 | 10 years, 0 days | Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity | 2009 2014 | |
| 5 | Stevo Pendarovski (born 1963) | 12 May 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 323 days | SDSM | 2019 | |
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ "www.dnevnik.com.mk". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Infographic: What are the Monthly Salaries of Presidents in the Region". Sarajevo Times. 25 February 2018.
- ↑ Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, Article 80.
