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== Early life and education==
== Early life and education==


Mickoski was born on 29 September 1977 in [[Skopje]], then in [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia]], part of [[SFR Yugoslavia]].<ref>[https://vmro-dpmne.org.mk/organizacija/hristijan-mickoski Христијан Мицкоски -лични податоци]{{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref> He was the president of [[Elektrani na Makedonija|ELEM]], the state-owned electricity producing company. He has a PhD degree, and he is an [[associate professor]] at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the [[Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje|Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2009 |title=Мицкоски Христијан |url=https://www.mf.edu.mk/mk/content/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224214711/https://www.mf.edu.mk/mk/content/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD |archive-date=Dec 24, 2017 |website=Универзитет "Св. Кирил и Методиј", Машински факултет – Скопје}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://republika.mk/805464 |title=Христијан Мицкоски е нов генерален секретар на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ |website=Република Online |date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103021532/http://republika.mk/805464 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Mickoski was born on 29 September 1977 in [[Skopje]], then in [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia]], part of [[SFR Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Христијан Мицкоски - претседател на Владата |url=https://kanal5.com.mk/hristijan-mickoski-pretsedatel-na-vladata/a646197 |website=Kanal 5 |access-date=26 June 2024 |language=mk |date=23 June 2024}}</ref> He was the president of [[Elektrani na Makedonija|ELEM]], the state-owned electricity producing company. He has a PhD degree, and he is an [[associate professor]] at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the [[Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje|Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2009 |title=Мицкоски Христијан |url=https://www.mf.edu.mk/mk/content/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224214711/https://www.mf.edu.mk/mk/content/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD |archive-date=Dec 24, 2017 |website=Универзитет "Св. Кирил и Методиј", Машински факултет – Скопје}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://republika.mk/805464 |title=Христијан Мицкоски е нов генерален секретар на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ |website=Република Online |date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103021532/http://republika.mk/805464 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==

Revision as of 10:10, 26 June 2024

Hristijan Mickoski
Христијан Мицкоски
Mickoski in 2023
13th Prime Minister of North Macedonia
Assumed office
23 June 2024
PresidentGordana Siljanovska-Davkova
Preceded byTalat Xhaferi
Leader of the Opposition of North Macedonia
In office
23 December 2017 – 23 June 2024
Preceded byNikola Gruevski
Succeeded byTBD
President of VMRO-DPMNE
Assumed office
23 December 2017
Preceded byNikola Gruevski
Personal details
Born (1977-09-29) 29 September 1977 (age 46)
Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Political partyVMRO-DPMNE
Children2
Alma materSs. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
OccupationMechanical engineer • Politician

Hristijan Mickoski (Macedonian: Христијан Мицкоски, pronounced ['xristijan 'mit͡skɔski]; born 29 September 1977) is a Macedonian politician, and is the current Prime Minister of North Macedonia. He is also a university professor and president of VMRO-DPMNE. In 2016, he became the director of JSC "Power Plants of Macedonia", and in the period 2015— 2017 he was energy advisor to prime ministers Nikola Gruevski and Emil Dimitriev. As the sole candidate, he was elected leader of VMRO-DPMNE at the party's 16th congress in Valandovo.

Early life and education

Mickoski was born on 29 September 1977 in Skopje, then in Socialist Republic of Macedonia, part of SFR Yugoslavia.[1] He was the president of ELEM, the state-owned electricity producing company. He has a PhD degree, and he is an associate professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.[2][3]

Political career

After the resignation of Nikola Gruevski, Mickoski became the new leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party in December 2017,[4] and thus leader of the opposition in the country.

According to the Makfax news agency, Hristijan Mickoski as a student was a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party for the presidency of SSUKM and a fierce opponent to the ruling VMRO-DPMNE.[5] This information was provided by some dissatisfied party members when he was elected as the party's secretary general in July 2017. Some members of VMRO-DPMNE accused that he was not a member of the party until 2010.[5]

Mickoski has close ties with the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić.[6][7][8]

The veracity of his pro-EU and pro-NATO orientation has been met with doubt by some political observers.[9][10] Mickoski has stated that he and his party are in favour of joining the European Union and NATO but not with "capitulation", i.e. rejecting the Prespa Agreement signed with Greece, which resolved the Macedonia naming dispute.[11] He and the party he leads became one of the main participants of the 2022 North Macedonia protests against the French proposal for the start of the negotiation process of North Macedonia and the EU.[12] In August 2022, Mickoski promised to leave politics forever, if Bulgarians were recognized in the country's constitution, a mandatory requirement included in the negotiating framework with the EU.[13] In September he proposed a referendum under which the friendship treaty between Bulgaria and North Macedonia would be annuled.[14]

After the VMRO-DPMNE gained a plurality of seats in the Assembly of North Macedonia and entered into a coalition agreement with the VLEN Coalition and ZNAM following the 2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election, Mickoski was given the mandate from the president Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova to form the next government on 6 June.[15] In his address on 23 June 2024, before the vote for the new government in the Assembly, Mickoski said that as long as he is prime minister, the Bulgarian minority will not be recognized and there will be no more constitutional changes, describing this EU requirement as Bulgarian dictate.[16] On this occasion, the Bulgarian side warned that North Macedonia's intention not to adhere to its international commitments is unacceptable and this is incompatible with the country's European path.[17] He promised that his government would work to reduce taxes, increase pensions, start a project with over 200 million euros for municipal projects, invest one billion euros for the economy, initiate new foreign investments for new jobs, make textbooks free for all, fight against corruption, and fight for growth of up to 5 percent of the economy. After the vote, he became the country's 13th Prime Minister.[18][19] After he referred to the country as Macedonia shortly before his election and described the nomenclature of North Macedonia as "shameful", Greece accused the country of reneging on the Prespa Agreement and warned that its accession into the European Union was at risk of being blocked.[20]

Personal life

Mickoski is married and has 2 children.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Христијан Мицкоски - претседател на Владата". Kanal 5 (in Macedonian). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Мицкоски Христијан". Универзитет "Св. Кирил и Методиј", Машински факултет – Скопје. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Христијан Мицкоски е нов генерален секретар на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ". Република Online. 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Христијан Мицковски - нов лидер на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ". 24 ВЕСТИ. 23 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Димковиќ-Мишевска, Габриела (5 December 2017). "Христијан Мицкоски иден лидер на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ?!". МАКФАКС (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Mickoski in Budapest meets with Orban, says support from Hungary proof of friendship". MIA. 24 October 2023.
  7. ^ "North Macedonia Opposition Leader Attends Orban's Victory Party". Balkan Insight. 4 April 2022.
  8. ^ Орбан и Вучич поздравиха Силяновска и ВМРО-ДПМНЕ с изборната победа. БТА, 09.05.2024.
  9. ^ Rizaov, Erol; Vesnik, Nezavisen (7 July 2019). "Mickoski's offer no longer stands". Independent Balkan News Agency. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ Alice Taylor and Zeljko Trkanjec, "War with Russia and what it means for the Western Balkans Archived 25 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine". EURACTIV, 25 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Mickoski: Zaev’s deal is capitulation, VMRO-DPMNE will not support it". Meta. 13 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Debate Derailed In North Macedonian Parliament Amid Unrest Over Proposed Deal With EU, Bulgaria Archived 4 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine". Radio Free Europe/Radio Libery, 7 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Лилия Чалева, Мицкоски се зарече да напусне политиката, ако българите бъдат вписани в Конституцията на РСМ Archived 25 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine". Dir.bg, 16 August 2022.
  14. ^ "ВМРО-ДПМНЕ обяви въпроса за референдума, свързан с Договора за приятелство с България Archived 25 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine". Dir.bg, 5 September 2022.
  15. ^ "North Macedonia's center-right leader given official mandate to form government after election win". Associated Press. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  16. ^ Mickoski: Such a Bulgarian diktat under such circumstances while I am prime minister will not pass and there will be no constitutional changes. European Newsroom, 24.Jun 2024 Archived 25 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ Република България, Министерство на външните работи. Съобщение, 25 Юни 2024 г. Archived 25 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "The new Government was elected, whose president is Hristijan Mickoski". Sloboden Pecat. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  19. ^ North Macedonia's parliament approves new gov't. Xinhua, 2024-06-24. Archived 25 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "Greece claims neighboring North Macedonia broke historic name deal, warns its EU hopes may suffer". Associated Press. 25 June 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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