Prime Minister of North Macedonia

Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
Coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia
Incumbent Emil Dimitriev Interim since 18 January 2016
Appointer	Gjorge Ivanov, as President of Macedonia
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Nikola Kljusev 27 January 1991
Formation	Macedonian Constitution 16 April 1991

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, officially the Premier of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Премиер 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 Interim Prime Minister is Emil Dimitriev, who has served since 18 January 2016.

List of Prime Ministers of the Republic of Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Macedonia

Party

  KPM/SKM

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political Party
Minister for Macedonia 1945
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 1	Emanuel Chuchkov (1901–1967)		7 March 1945	1945	Communist Party of Macedonia
Prime Minister 1945–1953
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 2	Lazar Kolishevski (1914–2001)		16 April 1945	1953	Communist Party of Macedonia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Macedonia
Chairmen of the Executive Council 1953–1991
Lazar Kolishevski (1914–2001)		1953	December 1953	League of Communists of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 3	Ljupcho Arsov (1910–1986)		December 1953	1961	League of Communists of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 4	Aleksandar Grlichkov (1923–1989)		1961	1965	League of Communists of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 5	Nikola Minchev (1915–1997)		1965	1968	League of Communists of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 6	Ksente Bogoev (1913–2008)		1968	March 1974	League of Communists of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 7	Blagoj Popov (1920–1992)		March 1974	29 April 1982	League of Communists of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 8	Dragoljub Stavrev (1932–2003)		29 April 1982	June 1986	League of Communists of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 9	Gligorije Gogovski (1943–)		June 1986	27 January 1991	League of Communists of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Parties

  SDSM   VMRO–DPMNE   Independent

Status

  Acting Prime Minister

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Elected	Term of office		Political Affiliation
Prime Ministers 1991–present
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 1	Nikola Kljusev (1927–2008)		1990	27 January 1991	17 August 1992	Independent
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| 2	Branko Crvenkovski (1962–)		1994	17 August 1992	30 November 1998	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization–Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity/meta/color; color:white"| 3	Ljubčo Georgievski (1966–)		1998	30 November 1998	1 November 2002	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| (2)	Branko Crvenkovski (1962–)		2002	1 November 2002	12 May 2004	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| —	Radmila Šekerinska (1972–)		—	12 May 2004	2 June 2004	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 4	Hari Kostov (1959–)		—	2 June 2004	18 November 2004	Independent supported by Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| —	Radmila Šekerinska (1972–)		—	18 November 2004	17 December 2004	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia/meta/color; color:white"| 5	Vlado Bučkovski (1962–)		—	17 December 2004	27 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	Nikola Gruevski (1970–)		2006 2008 2011 2014	27 August 2006	18 January 2016	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"| —	Emil Dimitriev (1979–)		—	18 January 2016	Incumbent	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity

See also

• President of Macedonia
• List of Speakers of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia