Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

Prime Minister of the; Republic of Macedonia;
	; Coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia;
	Incumbent; Nikola Gruevski; since August 27, 2006
Appointer	Gjorge Ivanov,; as President of the Republic of Macedonia
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Nikola Kljusev; January 27, 1991
Formation	Macedonian Constitution; April 16, 1991

The Prime Minister 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 Собрание) and the leader of the cabinet. The current Prime Minister is Nikola Gruevski, who has served since 27 August 2006.

List of Prime Ministers of the Republic of Macedonia [edit]

#	Name (Born–Died)	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 (1914–2001)	16 April 1945	1953	Communist Party of Macedonia (until 1952) League of Communists of Macedonia (from 1952)
Chairmen of the Executive Council 1953 - 1991
2	Lazar Koliševski (1914–2001)	1953	December 1953	League of Communists of Macedonia
3	Ljupčo Arsov (1910–1986)	December 1953	1961	League of Communists of Macedonia
4	Aleksandar Grličkov (1923–1990)	1961	1965	League of Communists of Macedonia
5	Nikola Minčev (1915–1997)	1965	1968	League of Communists of Macedonia
6	Ksente Bogoev (1913–2008)	1968	March 1974	League of Communists of Macedonia
7	Blagoja 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

Acting Prime Minister

#	Name (Born–Died)	Elected	Term of office		Political Affiliation
Prime Ministers 1991 onwards
1	Nikola Kljusev (1927–2008)	1990	27 January 1991	17 August 1992	Non-partisan
2	Branko Crvenkovski (1962– )	1994	17 August 1992	30 November 1998	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
3	Ljubčo Georgievski (1966– )	1998	30 November 1998	1 November 2002	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
(2)	Branko Crvenkovski (1962– )	2002	1 November 2002	12 May 2004	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
–	Radmila Šekerinska (acting) (1972– )	—	12 May 2004	2 June 2004	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
4	Hari Kostov (1959– )	—	2 June 2004	18 November 2004	Non-partisan
–	Radmila Šekerinska (acting) (1972– )	—	18 November 2004	17 December 2004	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
5	Vlado Bučkovski (1962– )	—	17 December 2004	27 August 2006	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
6	Nikola Gruevski (1970– )	2006 2008 2011	27 August 2006	Incumbent	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity

Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
Coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia
Incumbent Nikola Gruevski since August 27, 2006
Appointer	Gjorge Ivanov, as President of the Republic of Macedonia
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Nikola Kljusev January 27, 1991
Formation	Macedonian Constitution April 16, 1991