North Macedoniaportal |
This article lists the presidents of the Assembly of North Macedonia , from the establishment of ASNOM in 1944 to the present day.
LPM SDSM DA LDP VMRO-DPMNE BDI Alternativa
No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | |
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1 | Stojan Andov (1935–2024) | 8 January 1991 | 6 March 1996 | Liberal Party of Macedonia | |
2 | Tito Petkovski (born 1945) | 6 March 1996 | 19 November 1998 | Social Democratic Union of Macedonia | |
3 | Savo Klimovski (born 1947) | 19 November 1998 | 30 November 2000 | Democratic Alternative | |
(1) | Stojan Andov (1935–2024) | 30 November 2000 | 4 October 2002 | Liberal Party of Macedonia | |
4 | Nikola Popovski (born 1962) | 4 October 2002 | 8 November 2003 | Social Democratic Union of Macedonia | |
– | Liljana Popovska (born 1956) | 8 November 2003 | 8 November 2003 | Liberal Democratic Party | |
5 | Ljupčo Jordanovski (1953–2010) | 8 November 2003 | 2 August 2006 | Social Democratic Union of Macedonia | |
6 | Ljubiša Georgievski (1937–2018) | 2 August 2006 | 21 June 2008 | VMRO-DPMNE | |
7 | Trajko Veljanovski (born 1962) | 21 June 2008 | 17 October 2016 | VMRO-DPMNE | |
8 | Talat Xhaferi (born 1962) | 27 April 2017 | 25 January 2024 | Democratic Union for Integration | |
9 | Jovan Mitreski (born 1980) | 26 January 2024 | 28 May 2024 | Social Democratic Union of Macedonia | |
10 | Afrim Gashi (born 1977) | 28 May 2024 | Incumbent | Alternativa |
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