This evening, the Macedonian Assembly voted in the 20th consecutive government. The new government is led by the center-right coalition ‘Your Macedonia,’ headed by VMRO-DPMNE, along with the center-right coalition VLEN and the center-left movement ZNAM.
This government will have the largest number of ministries yet, following the recent law on ministry reorganization, which also introduced several new ministries.
The government’s term of office is four years.
Who are the new ministers?
Aleksandar Nikoloski – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications
Vlado Misajlovski – Minister of Defense
Zlatko Perinski – Minister of Local Self-Government
Stefan Andonovski – Minister of Information Society and Digital Transformation
Borko Ristovski – Minister of Sports
Sanja Bozinovska – Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources
Cvetan Tripunovski – Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Zoran Ljutkov – Minister of Culture and Tourism
Panche Toshkovski – Minister of Internal Affairs
Vesna Janevska – Minister of Education
Ljupco Dimovski – Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the political system
Ivan Stoiljkovikj – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Inter-Community Relations
Shaban Saliu – Minister without portfolio who will be in charge of Roma integration
Gordana Dimitrieska-Kochoska – Minister of Finance
Timcho Mucunski – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Igor Filkov - Minister of Justice
Goran Minchev - Minister of Public Administration
Orhan Murtezani - Minister of European Affairs
Izet Medziti - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of environment
Fatmir Limani - Minister for social policy, demographics, and youth
Besar Durmishi - Minister of economy and labour
Arben Taravari - Minister of health
Arben Fetai - Minister without portfolio who will be in charge for policies and good governance
The new prime minister is Hristijan Mickoski. He announced an uncompromising fight against crime and the pursuit of the strategic goals, including EU membership and attracting new investments.
In his exposé, the new prime minister announced economic development, emphasizing that he is not seeking a 100-day ‘honeymoon.’ Additionally, he revealed that a new investment worth over 400 million euros will be presented on Tuesday.
The formation of the new government follows the parliamentary elections on May 8, following the victory of the then-opposition party VMRO-DPMNE over the ruling party SDSM.