- Branko Crvenkovski
Infobox President
name = Branko Crvenkovski
Бранко Црвенковски
nickname = The Pope (Папата); БЦпнаРМ
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imagesize = 203px
order = President of Macedonia
primeminister =Radmila Šekerinska Hari Kostov Radmila Šekerinska Vlado Bučkovski Nikola Gruevski
vicepresident =
term_start =12 May 2004
term_end =
predecessor =Boris Trajkovski
successor =
order2 = Prime Minister of Macedonia
president2 =Kiro Gligorov Stojan Andov Kiro Gligorov
deputy2 =
term_start2 =17 August 1992
term_end2 =30 November 1998
predecessor2 =Nikola Kljusev
successor2 =Ljubco Georgievski
president3 =Boris Trajkovski Ljupco Jordanovski
deputy3 =
term_start3 =01 November 2002
term_end3 =12 May 2004
predecessor3 =Ljubco Georgievski
successor3 =Radmila Šekerinska
birth_date = birth date and age|1962|10|12|df=y
birth_place =Sarajevo , PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
death_date =
death_place =
spouse =
party =Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
religion = Macedonian Orthodox|Branko Crvenkovski ( _mk. Бранко Црвенковски, Audio-IPA|Mk-Branko Crvenkovski.ogg| [ˈbrankɔ tsr̩ˈvɛnkɔfski] ) (born
October 12 1962 ) is the President of theRepublic of Macedonia .Crvenkovski was born in
Sarajevo ,Bosnia and Herzegovina , then part ofSFR Yugoslavia [ [http://www.president.gov.mk/biografija_e.asp#top President of Republic of Macedonia - Branko Crvenkovski ] ] .In 1986 he obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Automation from the School of Electrical Engineering at the St. Cyril and Methodius University in
Skopje .He was elected member of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia at the first multi-party elections in the former Yugoslavia in 1990 after serving for several years as head of department at the Semos company in
Skopje . A formercommunist , Crvenkovski has been at the head of theSocial Democratic Union of Macedonia since April 1991.On
September 5 1992 he became Macedonia's first prime minister after its secession from Yugoslavia and continued in the post for another four years following the December 1994 elections.He served as Prime Minister from 1992 to 1998 and from 2002 until 2004. He was most recently elected in 2002 after his
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia party won parliamentary elections.In July 1996 he ordered that Albanian flags in front of government buildings in western part of the Republic of Macedonia be removed. The situation escalated with one person dead and many injured. In 2005, on his initiative, the Albanian flag was legalized.
He won the April 2004 presidential election against
Sashko Kedev , and took office onMay 12 2004 . He then resigned as prime minister.In February 2007, Crvenkovski expressed himself a supporter of the Ahtisaari Proposal for the status of neighboring
Kosovo [http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=54282&NrIssue=266&NrSection=10]Branko Crvenkovski is an Honorary Member of [http://www.raoulwallenberg.net The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation]
References
* [http://www.president.gov.mk/ Official site of the President of the Republic of Macedonia]
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