Leaders of North Macedonia
(Republic of North Macedonia; recognized by UN as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM, to 13 Feb 2019)
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Parties: DA: Democratic Alternative - DUI/BDI: Democratic Union for Integration - LDP: Liberal Democratic Party - LP: Liberal Party -ND: New Democracy - NSDP: New Social Democratic Party - SDSM: Social Democratic Union of Macedonia - SKM-PDP: League of Communists of Macedonia-Party for Democratic Changes (then SDSM) - VMRO-DPMNE: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party of Macedonian National Unity

Presidents 
Kiro Gligorov        27 Jan 1991 - 19 Nov 1999 (†2012) SDSM (*)
Savo Klimovski       19 Nov 1999 - 15 Dec 1999         DA (acting)
Boris Trajkovski     15 Dec 1999 - 26 Feb 2004 (†2004) VMRO-DPMNE
Ljupco Jordanovski   26 Feb 2004 - 12 May 2004 (†2010) SDSM (acting)
Branko Crvenkovski   12 May 2004 - 12 May 2009         SDSM
Gjorge Ivanov        12 May 2009 - 12 May 2019         n/p
Stevo Pendarovski    12 May 2019 -                     SDSM

(*) Parliamentary speaker Stojan Andov acted for incapacitated Gligorov from 4 Oct to 17 Nov 1995.

Prime Ministers 
Nikola Kljusev        7 Mar 1991 - 17 Aug 1992 (†2008) n/p
Branko Crvenkovski   17 Aug 1992 - 30 Nov 1998         SDSM
Ljubco Georgievski   30 Nov 1998 -  1 Nov 2002         VMRO-DPMNE
Branko Crvenkovski    1 Nov 2002 - 12 May 2004         SDSM
Radmila Sekerinska   12 May 2004 -  2 Jun 2004         SDSM (acting)
Hari Kostov           2 Jun 2004 - 18 Nov 2004         n/p
Radmila Sekerinska   18 Nov 2004 - 17 Dec 2004         SDSM (acting)
Vlado Buckovski      17 Dec 2004 - 27 Aug 2006         SDSM
Nikola Gruevski      27 Aug 2006 - 18 Jan 2016         VMRO-DPMNE
Emil Dimitriev       18 Jan 2016 - 31 May 2017         VMRO-DPMNE (interim)   
Zoran Zaev           31 May 2017 -  3 Jan 2020         SDSM
Oliver Spasovski      3 Jan 2020 - 30 Aug 2020         SDSM 
Zoran Zaev           30 Aug 2020 - 16 Jan 2022         SDSM
Dimitar Kovacevski   16 Jan 2022 - 28 Jan 2024         SDSM
Talat Xhaferi        28 Jan 2024 -                     DUI/BDI
Presidents of the Sobranie 
Stojan Andov         1991-1996         LP
Tito Petkovski       1996-1998         SDSM 
Savo Klimovski       1998-2000         DA    
Stojan Andov         2000-2002         LP
Nikola Popovski      2002-2003         SDSM
Liljana Popovska     2003-2003         LDP (acting)
Ljupco Jordanovski   2003-2006 (†2010) SDSM
Stojan Andov         2006-2006         LP (acting)
Ljubisa Georgievski  2006-2008         VMRO-DPMNE
Trajko Veljanovski   2008-2017         VMRO-DPMNE
Talat Xhaferi        2017-2024         DUI/BDI
Jovan Mitreski       2024-             SDSM
Ministers of Foreign Affairs 
Denko Maleski        1991-1993         SDSM
Stevo Crvenkovski    1993-1996 (†2004) LP
Ljubomir Frckovski   1996-1997         SDSM
Blagoj Handziski     1997-1998         SDSM
Aleksandar Dimitrov  1998-2000         DA
Srgjan Kerim         2000-2001         LP
Ilinka Mitreva       2001      (†2022) SDSM
Slobodan Casule      2001-2002 (†2015) ND
Ilinka Mitreva       2002-2006 (†2022) SDSM
Antonio Milosovski   2006-2011         VMRO-DPMNE
Nikola Poposki       2011-2017         VMRO-DPMNE
Nikola Dimitrov      2017-2020         SDSM 
Bujar Osmani         2020-             DUI/BDI
Ministers of Defence 
Risto Damjanovski    1991-1992
Vlado Popovski       1992-1994         SDSM
Blagoj Handziski     1994-1997         SDSM 
Lazar Kitanovski     1997-1998 (†2011) SDSM
Nikola Kljusev       1998-2000 (†2008) VMRO-DPMNE
Ljuben Paunovski     2000-2001         VMRO-DPMNE
Ljubco Georgievski   2001              VMRO-DPMNE (acting)
Vlado Buckovski      2001              SDSM 
Vlado Popovski       2001-2002         LDP
Vlado Buckovski      2002-2004         SDSM
Jovan Manasievski    2004-2006         LDP 
Lazar Elenovski      2006-2008         NSDP
Zoran Konjanovski    2008-2011         VMRO-DPMNE
Fatmir Besimi        2011-2013         DUI/BDI
Talat Xhaferi        2013-2014         DUI/BDI
Zoran Jolevski       2014-2017         VMRO-DPMNE
Radmila Sekerinska   2017-2022         SDSM 
Slavjanka Petrovska  2022-             SDSM
Ministers of the Interior 
Jordan Mijalkov      1991      (†1991) VMRO-DPMNE 
Ljubomir Frckovski   1991-1996         SDSM
Tomislav Cokrevski   1996-1998         SDSM
Pavle Trajanov       1998-1999         DA
Dosta Dimovska       2000-2001 (†2011) VMRO-DPMNE
Ljube Boskovski      2001-2002         VMRO-DPMNE
Hari Kostov          2002-2004         n/p
Siljan Avramovski    2004              SDSM
Ljubomir Mihajlovski 2004-2006         SDSM
Gordana Jankulovska  2006-2015         VMRO-DPMNE
Mitko Chavkov        2015              VMRO-DPMNE
Oliver Spasovski     2015-2016         SDSM
Mitko Chavkov        2016              VMRO-DPMNE (interim)
Oliver Andonov       2016              VMRO-DPMNE (interim)
Oliver Spasovski     2016              SDSM (interim)
Agim Nuhiu           2016-2017         DUI/BDI (interim)
Oliver Spasovski     2017-2020         SDSM 
Nake Culev           2020              VMRO-DPMNE 
Oliver Spasovski     2020-2024         SDSM
Panche Toshkovski    2024-             VMRO-DPMNE
Chairmen of SDSM 
Branko Crvenkovski   1991-2004
Vlado Buckovski      2004-2006
Radmila Sekerinska   2006-2008
Zoran Zaev           2008-2009
Branko Crvenkovski   2009-2013
Zoran Zaev           2013-2021
Dimitar Kovacevski   2021-

The SDSM was founded on 20 Apr 1991 from the previous League of Communists of Macedonia-Party for Democratic Changes (SKM-PDP).

Chairmen of VMRO-DPMNE 
Ljubco Georgievski   1990-2003
Nikola Gruevski      2003-2017
Hristijan Mickoski   2017-

VMRO-DPMNE was founded on 17 Jun 1990.

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