Hristijan Mickoski
Hristijan Mickoski | |
|---|---|
Христијан Мицкоски | |
 Mickoski in 2023 | |
| 13th Prime Minister of North Macedonia | |
| Assumed office 23 June 2024 | |
| President | Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova |
| Preceded by | Talat Xhaferi |
| Leader of the Opposition of North Macedonia | |
| In office 23 December 2017 – 23 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nikola Gruevski |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| President of VMRO-DPMNE | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Nikola Gruevski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1977 Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia |
| Political party | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Spouse | Roza Mickoska |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |
| Occupation | Mechanical engineer • Politician |
Hristijan Mickoski (Macedonian: Христијан Мицкоски, pronounced ['xristijan 'mit͡skɔski]; born 29 September 1977) is a Macedonian politician, and is the current Prime Minister of North Macedonia. He is also a university professor and president of VMRO-DPMNE. In 2016, he became the director of JSC "Power Plants of Macedonia", and in the period 2015— 2017 he was energy advisor to prime ministers Nikola Gruevski and Emil Dimitriev. As the sole candidate, he was elected leader of VMRO-DPMNE at the party's 16th congress in Valandovo.
Early life and education
Mickoski was born on 29 September 1977 in Skopje, then in Socialist Republic of Macedonia, part of SFR Yugoslavia.[1] He was the president of ELEM, the state-owned electricity producing company. He has a PhD degree, and he is an associate professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.[2][3]
Political career
After the resignation of Nikola Gruevski, Mickoski became the new leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party in December 2017,[4] and thus leader of the opposition in the country.
According to the Makfax news agency, Hristijan Mickoski as a student was a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party for the presidency of SSUKM.[5] This information was provided by some dissatisfied party members when he was elected party secretary general in July 2017. Some members of VMRO-DPMNE accused that he was not a member of the party until 2010.[5]
Mickoski has stated that he and his party are in favour of joining the European Union and NATO but not with "capitulation".[6] However the veracity of his pro-EU and pro-NATO orientation has been met with doubt by some political observers.[7][8] Mickoski has close ties with the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić.[9] He and the party he leads became one of the main participants of the 2022 North Macedonia protests against the French proposal for the start of the negotiation process of North Macedonia and the EU.[10] In August 2022, Mickoski promised to leave politics forever, if Bulgarians were recognised in the country's constitution, a mandatory requirement included in the negotiating framework with the EU.[11] In September he proposed a referendum under which the friendship treaty between Bulgaria and North Macedonia would be annuled.[12]
After the VMRO-DPMNE gained a plurality of seats in the Assembly of North Macedonia and entered into a coalition agreement with the VLEN Coalition and ZNAM following the 2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election, Mickoski was formally asked by President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova to form the next government on 6 June.[13] On 23 June 2024, after a vote in the assembly, he became the country's 13th Prime Minister.[14][15]
Personal life
Mickoski is married to Roza Mickoska, a Macedonian language teacher in the gymnasium Orce Nikolov.[16]
References
- ^ Христијан Мицкоски -лични податоци[dead link]
- ^ "Мицкоски Христијан". Универзитет "Св. Кирил и Методиј", Машински факултет – Скопје. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Христијан Мицкоски е нов генерален секретар на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ". Република Online. 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Христијан Мицковски - нов лидер на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ". 24 ВЕСТИ. 23 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b Димковиќ-Мишевска, Габриела (5 December 2017). "Христијан Мицкоски иден лидер на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ?!". МАКФАКС (in Macedonian). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Mickoski: Zaev’s deal is capitulation, VMRO-DPMNE will not support it". Meta. 13 June 2018.
- ^ Rizaov, Erol; Vesnik, Nezavisen (7 July 2019). "Mickoski's offer no longer stands". Independent Balkan News Agency. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021.
- ^ Alice Taylor and Zeljko Trkanjec, "War with Russia and what it means for the Western Balkans". EURACTIV, 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Mickoski congratulates Orban and Vucic: Macedonia has friends". Republika, 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Debate Derailed In North Macedonian Parliament Amid Unrest Over Proposed Deal With EU, Bulgaria". Radio Free Europe/Radio Libery, 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Лилия Чалева, Мицкоски се зарече да напусне политиката, ако българите бъдат вписани в Конституцията на РСМ". Dir.bg, 16 August 2022.
- ^ "ВМРО-ДПМНЕ обяви въпроса за референдума, свързан с Договора за приятелство с България". Dir.bg, 5 September 2022.
- ^ "North Macedonia's center-right leader given official mandate to form government after election win". Associated Press. 6 June 2024.
- ^ "The new Government was elected, whose president is Hristijan Mickoski". Sloboden Pecat. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ North Macedonia's parliament approves new gov't. Xinhua, 2024-06-24.
- ^ "За 15 години брак букет со бели рози од Мицкоски за сопругата". Republika (in Macedonian). 9 January 2021. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023.
