President of the Republic of North Macedonia

President of the Republic of North Macedonia
Standard of the President
Acting President Stevo Pendarovski since May 12, 2019
Official seat	Villa Vodno, Skopje
Term of office	5 years (re-election possible once)
Creation of office	January 27, 1991
Last choice	5th May 2019
Deputy	Talat Xhaferi ( President of Parliament )
website	www.pretsedatel.mk

The President of the Republic of North Macedonia is the head of state of North Macedonia . He is part of the country's executive branch and resides in Villa Vodno in Skopje .

The Social Democrat Stevo Pendarovski has been President of the Republic since May 12, 2019 .

Electoral process

North Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with far-reaching tasks and duties for the president. However, the president has far less political power than the prime minister . Every five years, the people are called to the polls to elect the president. This then has the task of choosing a candidate from the party or coalition that forms the majority in parliament, who forms the government. This then has to be confirmed by a majority by Parliament .

The presidents since 1991

• January 27, 1991 to November 19, 1999: Kiro Gligorov ( SDSM ), re-elected in 1994
• November 19, 1999 to December 15, 1999: Savo Klimovski (Democratic Alternative), acting
• December 15, 1999 to February 26, 2004: Boris Trajkovski ( VMRO-DPMNE ), had a fatal accident
• February 26, 2004 to May 12, 2004: Ljupčo Jordanovski (SDSM), acting
• May 12, 2004 to May 12, 2009: Branko Crvenkovski (SDSM)
• May 12, 2009 to May 12, 2019: Gjorge Ivanov (VMRO-DPMNE), re-elected in 2014
• since May 12, 2019: Stevo Pendarovski (SDSM)

Web links

• Official website of the President's Office (Albanian, English and Macedonian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pendarovski becomes the new president. In: srf.ch . May 6, 2019.