President of North Macedonia

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President of the Republic of North Macedonia
Претседател на Република Северна Македонија (Macedonian)
Presidenti i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut (Albanian)
Presidential Coat of arms
Incumbent
Stevo Pendarovski
since 12 May 2019
ResidenceVilla Vodno[1]
AppointerDirect election
Term lengthFive years
renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of North Macedonia
Formation16 April 1991
First holderKiro Gligorov
Salary17,250 USD annually[2]
Websitepretsedatel.mk
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The president of the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Претседател на Република Северна Македонија, romanized: Pretsedatel na Republika Severna Makedonija) is the head of state of North Macedonia. The institution of the presidency began after the declaration of independence on 8 September 1991. The first president was Kiro Gligorov, the oldest president in the world until his resignation in 1999. The presidency is largely a ceremonial post and the prime minister of North Macedonia is the country's leading political figure and de facto chief executive.

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 previous fifteen years.[3]

Electoral system

The president of North Macedonia is elected using a modified two-round system; a candidate can only be elected in the first round of voting if they receive the equivalent of over 50% of the vote from all registered voters.[4] In the second round, voter turnout must be at least 40% for the result to be deemed valid.[5]

The Constitution mandates that the president must be over 40 years of age and have lived in the country for ten of the last fifteen years.

Before 2009, the constitution required a 50% turnout in the second round. The XXXI amendment voted on 9 January 2009 by all 86 present deputies lowered it to the current 40%,[6] as the government feared the tendency of ever lower election turnout would make presidential elections frequently invalidated. In the 2009 Macedonian presidential election that followed, the turnout in the second round ended up being 42.6%.[7]

History

During the period of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, there was a collective presidency which was abolished in 1991. Its first president was Metodija Andonov Čento elected at the first plenary session of ASNOM, when the modern state was formed, while the last one was Vladimir Mitkov.[8]

Following the transition from socialist system to parliamentary democracy in 1990, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia changed the collective leadership with a single-president post in 1991. Kiro Gligorov became the first democratically elected president of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on 27 January 1991.[9] On 16 April 1991 the parliament adopted a constitutional amendment removing the term "Socialist" from the official name of the country, and on 7 June of the same year, the new name Republic of Macedonia was officially established.[10] Hence Gligorov continued his function as a president of the Republic of Macedonia. After the process of dissolution of Yugoslavia began, the Republic of Macedonia proclaimed full independence following a referendum held on 8 September 1991. On completing his second term as head of the independent state Gligorov was succeeded by Boris Trajkovski in 1999. Following Trajkovski's death in 2004, he was succeeded by Branko Crvenkovski. Gjorge Ivanov won the 2009 presidential election and took office on 12 May 2009. He was re-elected in 2014. Stevo Pendarovski was the current incumbent and he took the office on 12 May 2019.

List of presidents

SR Macedonia

Parties

  KPM/SKM   Independent

Status
  Acting President
No. Name
(Birth–Death) 		Portrait Term of office Political party
President of Initiatory Committee for Anti-Fascist Assembly of People's Liberation of Macedonia
1943–1944
rowspan=5 style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Metodija Andonov-Čento
(1902–1957)		 1 October 1943 2 August 1944 KPM
Chairman of the Anti-Fascist Assembly of People's Liberation (ASNOM)
1944–1945
Metodija Andonov-Čento
(1902–1957)		 2 August 1944 1 January 1945 KPM
Presidents of the Presidium of the People's Assembly
1945–1953
Metodija Andonov-Čento
(1902–1957)		 1 January 1945 15 March 1946 KPM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| — Dimitar Nestorov
(1890–1968)		 16 March 1946 30 December 1946 KPM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 Blagoja Fotev
(1900–1993)		 1947 4 January 1951 KPM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| — Vidoe Smilevski
(1915–1979)		 4 January 1951 1953 KPM
renamed in 1952 to
SKM
Presidents of the People's Assembly
1953–1974
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 Dimče Stojanov
(1910–1991)		 1953 19 December 1953 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 Lazar Koliševski
(1914–2000)		 19 December 1953 26 June 1962 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 Ljupčo Arsov
(1910–1986)		 26 June 1962 24 June 1963 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 Vidoe Smilevski
(1915–1979)		 25 June 1963 12 May 1967 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 Mito Hadživasilev
(1921–1968)		 12 May 1967 1 August 1968 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 8 Nikola Minčev
(1915–1997)		 23 December 1968 6 May 1974 SKM
Presidents of the Presidency
1974–1991
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 Vidoe Smilevski
(1915–1979)		 6 May 1974 31 October 1979 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 Ljupčo Arsov
(1910–1986)		 31 October 1979 29 April 1982 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 11 Angel Čemerski
(1923–2005)		 29 April 1982 29 April 1983 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 12 Blagoja Taleski
(1924–2001)		 29 April 1983 29 April 1984 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 13 Tome Bukleski
( 1921-2018)		 29 April 1984 26 April 1985 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 14 Vančo Apostolski
(1925–2008)		 26 April 1985 28 April 1986 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| — Mateja Matevski
(1929–2018)		 28 April 1986 30 April 1986 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 15 Dragoljub Stavrev
(1932–2003)		 30 April 1986 May 1988 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 16 Jezdimir Bogdanski
(1930–2007)		 May 1988 28 April 1990 SKM
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 17 Vladimir Mitkov
(born 1931)		 28 April 1990 27 January 1991 SKM
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 18 Kiro Gligorov
(1917–2012)		 27 January 1991 18 September 1991 Independent

Republic of Macedonia / North Macedonia

Parties

  LPM   DA   VMRO-DPMNE   SDSM   Independent

Status
  Acting president
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Election
Took office Left office Time in office
1
Kiro Gligorov
Kiro Gligorov
(1917–2012)		18 September 19914 October 19954 years, 16 daysIndependent1994
–
Stojan Andov
Stojan Andov
(born 1935)
Acting		4 October 199517 November 199544 daysLPM—
(1)
Kiro Gligorov
Kiro Gligorov
(1917–2012)		17 November 199519 November 19994 years, 2 daysIndependent—
–
Savo Klimovski
Savo Klimovski
(born 1947)
Acting		19 November 199915 December 199926 daysDA—
2
Boris Trajkovski
Boris Trajkovski
(1956–2004)		15 December 199926 February 2004 †4 years, 73 daysVMRO-DPMNE1999
–
Ljupčo Jordanovski
Ljupčo Jordanovski
(1953–2010)
Acting		26 February 200412 May 200476 daysSDSM—
3
Branko Crvenkovski
Branko Crvenkovski
(born 1962)		12 May 200412 May 20095 years, 0 daysSDSM2004
4
Gjorge Ivanov
Gjorge Ivanov
(born 1960)		12 May 200912 May 201910 years, 0 daysVMRO-DPMNE2009
2014
5
Stevo Pendarovski
Stevo Pendarovski
(born 1963)		12 May 2019Incumbent5 years, 4 daysSDSM2019

Notes

Kiro Gligorov was incapacitated after an assassination attempt in 1995. Stojan Andov served as acting leader during Gligorov's incapacitation.

Latest election

2019 North Macedonian presidential election

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Blerim Reka Independent 79.888 10,60
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova VMRO-DPMNE 318.341 42,25 377.713 44,73
Stevo Pendarovski Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 322.581 42,81 436.212 53,59
Invalid/blank votes 32.696 4,34 30.437 3,60
Total 753.520 100 844.360 100
Registered voters/turnout 1.808.131 41,67 1,808,131 46,70
Source: SEC

See also

References

  1. ^ "www.dnevnik.com.mk". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Infographic: What are the Monthly Salaries of Presidents in the Region". Sarajevo Times. 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, Article 80.
  4. ^ Polls Open in Macedonia Presidential Elections Balkan Insight, 13 April 2014
  5. ^ AMENDMENT XXXI Constitution of North Macedonia
  6. ^ "The Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia". www.sobranie.mk.
  7. ^ Anna Fruhstorfer; Michael Hein (12 October 2016). Constitutional Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Reform of Political Systems. Springer. pp. 325–. ISBN 978-3-658-13762-5.
  8. ^ "Prof. Dr. Vladimir Mitkov - Faculty of Law, University of Skopje". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012.
  9. ^ Kiro Gligorov was elected as a President on 27 January 1991, when the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was still an official name of the state. After the change of the state's name, he continued his function as a President of the Republic of Macedonia The Official Site of The President of the Republic of Macedonia Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "On This Day" - Macedonian Information Agency - MIA Archived 2008-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, see: 1991 (in Macedonian)

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