Assembly of North Macedonia

Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia Macedonian: Собрание на Република Северна Македонија Albanian: Kuvendi i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut
Type
Type	Unicameral
Established	1991
Leadership
President	Talat Xhaferi, BDI since 27 April 2017
Vice President	Goran Misovski, SDSM Frosina Taševska-Remenski, SDSM Aleksandar Goranov, NDR
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Government (67)   SDSM (50)   DUI (10)   Alternativa (3)   DPA (2)   CPM (mk) (1)   TDP (1) Opposition (39)   VMRO-DPMNE (39) Other opposition (14)   Independents (9)   AA (3)   BESA (2)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	11 December 2016
Meeting place
Great hall of Parliament of North Macedonia

The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Собрание на Република Северна Македонија, Albanian: Kuvendi i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut), or the Sobranie (Macedonian: Собрание, "Assembly"), is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of North Macedonia; it is North Macedonia's sole legislature. According to the Constitution, the Sobranie represents the people and is vested with legislative power. It can have between 120 and 140 MPs (currently 120), elected by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each contributing 20 MPs, and there are also 3 reserved seats elected from the Macedonian diaspora which are awarded only if the voter turnout was sufficient. MPs are elected for a term of four years and cannot be recalled during their term. The Sobranie is presided over by a President. Its organization and functioning are regulated by the Constitution and Rules of Procedure. The Assembly's seat is in the nation's capital, Skopje.

2016 election result

Main article: 2016 Macedonian parliamentary election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	VMRO-DPMNE coalition	454,577	39.39	51	−10
	Social Democratic Union coalition	436,981	37.87	49	+15
	Democratic Union for Integration	86,796	7.52	10	−9
	Besa Movement	57,868	5.01	5	New
	Alliance for Albanians	35,121	3.04	3	New
	Democratic Party of Albanians	30,964	2.68	2	−5
	"VMRO for Macedonia" coalition	24,524	2.13	0	New
	The Left	12,120	1.05	0	New
	"CCJ–Third Block" coalition	10,028	0.87	0	New
	Liberal Party	3,840	0.33	0	0
	Party for Democratic Prosperity	1,143	0.10	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		37,870	–	–	–
Total		1,191,832	100	120	−3
Registered voters/turnout		1,784,416	66.79	–	–
Source: SEC

Presidents of the Assembly (1991–present)

Main article: List of Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia

Parliament Building in Skopje

Parties

  LPM (1)   SDSM (3)   DA (1)   LDP   VMRO–DPMNE (2)   DUI (1)

Status

  Acting President

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political Affiliation
1	Stojan Andov (1935–)		8 January 1991	6 March 1996	Liberal Party of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| 2	Tito Petkovski (1945–)		6 March 1996	19 November 1998	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
3	Savo Klimovski (1947–)		19 November 1998	30 November 2000	Democratic Alternative
(1)	Stojan Andov (1935–)		30 November 2000	4 October 2002	Liberal Party of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| 4	Nikola Popovski (1962–)		4 October 2002	8 November 2003	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
—	Liljana Popovska (1956–)		8 November 2003	18 November 2003	Liberal Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| 5	Ljupčo Jordanovski (1953–2010)		18 November 2003	2 August 2006	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization–Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity/meta/color; color:white"| 6	Ljubiša Georgievski (1937–2018)		2 August 2006	21 June 2008	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
style="background:Template:Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization–Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity/meta/color; color:white"| 7	Trajko Veljanovski (1962–)		21 June 2008	27 April 2017	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
style="background:Template:Democratic Union for Integration/meta/color; color:white"| 8	Talat Xhaferi (1962–)		27 April 2017	Incumbent	Democratic Union for Integration

External links

• Official website (in English, Macedonian, Albanian, and French)