North Macedonian Government
The Nordmazedonische government officially Government of the Republic of Northern Macedonia ( Macedonian Влада на Република Македонија Vlada na Republika Makedonija ; Albanian Qeveria e Republikës së Maqedonisë ), the government Nordmazedoniens which the executive power in the country along with the head of state exercises. On May 31, 2017, Zoran Zaev elected 62 of the 120 members of parliament as the new Prime Minister. Zaev received the votes of his party SDSM and from the MPs of the BDI, the PDSH and other ethnic Albanian minority parties. The government's area of responsibility is laid down in the North Macedonian Constitution.
The Government members are elected by Parliament for a term chosen by four years. The government cabinet includes the prime minister, ministers and their representatives. The seat of government is the capital Skopje .
Electoral process
The head of state of the Republic of North Macedonia is the state president , who, however, has far less political power than the prime minister. Every five years the people are called to the polls to elect the president. This has the task of choosing a candidate from the party or coalition that forms the majority in parliament, who will form the government , after a parliamentary election . This then has to be approved by a majority of the parliament.
Current government
Chairman of the government
- Zoran Zaev ( SDSM )
Deputy
- Zoran Stavreski ( VMRO-DPMNE ) - Deputy Prime Minister (resigned June 15, 2016)
- Festim Halili ( BDI ) - Deputy Prime Minister
- Arbër Ademi (BDI) - Deputy Prime Minister
- Vladimir Peševski (VMRO-DPMNE) - Deputy Prime Minister
Ministries and their heads
- Ministry of Finance: Zoran Stavreski (VMRO-DPMNE) (resigned)
- Ministry of Defense: Zoran Jolevski (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Ministry of the Interior: Mitko Čavkov (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Nikola Poposki (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs: Driton Kuçi (BDI)
- Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs: Dime Spasov (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Ministry of Agriculture: Mihail Cvetkov (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Ministry of Local Self-Government: Shyhrete Elezi (BDI)
- Ministry of Transport and Communication: Vlado Misajlovski (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Environment Ministry: Bashkim Ahmeti (BDI)
- Ministry of Health: Nikola Todorov (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Ministry of Justice: Bilen Saliji (BDI)
- Ministry of Education: Pishtar Lutfiu (BDI)
- Ministry of Culture: Elizabeta Kančeska Milevska (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Ministry of Information Society and Administration: Marta Arsovska Tomovska (VMRO-DPMNE)
Minister with no portfolio
- Furkan Çako ( TDP )
- Neždet Mustafa ( OPERA )
- Vele Samak
- Bill Pavleski
- Jerry Naumoff
- Arlind Zeqiri
- Goran Mickovski
Web links
- Macedonia has a new government in: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung from August 4, 2011 by Anja Czymmeck, accessed on February 23, 2011
- Parlamenti zgjedh Qeverinë e re më 19 qershor (Parliament elects the new government on June 19) . Bota Sot on June 8, 2014 (Albanian)
- Website of the Government of Macedonia (Macedonian and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Macedonia's finance minister resigned. In: derStandard.at. June 15, 2016, accessed June 15, 2016 .