Executive branch:
chief of state: President Kiro GLIGOROV (since 27 January 1991) was
elected by the Assembly in 1991 and reelected by popular vote in
1994; election last held 16 October 1994 (next to be held NA 1997);
results - percent of vote NA; note - following a failed
assassination attempt on the president in October 1995, then
Parliamentary Speaker Stojan ANDOV was acting president; GLIGOROV
resumed his duties in early 1996
head of government: Prime Minister Branko CRVENKOVSKI (since 4
September 1992) was appointed by the president
cabinet: Council of Ministers were elected by the majority vote of
all the deputies in the Assembly; note - after the withdrawal of the
Liberal Party from the ruling coalition in early 1996, the Council
of Ministers was reorganized without LP participation
Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly (Sobranje): elections last held 16 and 30 October 1994 (next to be held NA November 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (120 total) SDSM 58, LP 29, SPM 8, PDP 10, NDP 4, independents 7, other 4
Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, judges are elected by the
Judicial Council; Judicial Court of the Republic, judges are elected
by the Judicial Council
Political parties and leaders: Social-Democratic Alliance of
Macedonia (SDSM; former Communist Party), Branko CRVENKOVSKI,
president; Party for Democratic Prosperity (PDP), Abdurahman HALITI,
president; National Democratic Party (NDP), Ilijas HALINI,
president; Alliance of Reform Forces of Macedonia - Liberal Party
(SRSM-LP), Stojan ANDOV, president; Socialist Party of Macedonia
(SPM), Kiro POPOVSKI, president; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary
Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
(VMRO-DPMNE), Ljupco GEORGIEVSKI, president; Party of Yugoslavs in
Macedonia (SJM), Milan DURCINOV, president; Democratic Party (DP),
Petar GOSEV, president; Party for Democratic Prosperity of Albanians
(PDPA), Arben XHAFFERI, president
Other political or pressure groups: Movement for All Macedonian
Action (MAAK); Democratic Party of Serbs; Democratic Party of Turks;
Party for Democratic Action (Slavic Muslim)
International organization participation: CCC, CE, CEI, EBRD, ECE,
FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (observer)
Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Ljubica ACEVSKA chancery: 3050 K Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20007 telephone: [1] (202) 337 3063 FAX: [1] (202) 337 3093
US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador-designate Christopher HILL; Charge d'Affaires Victor D. COMRAS embassy: ul. 27 Mart No. 5, 9100 Skopje mailing address: United States Liaison Office Skopje, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-7120 (pouch) telephone: [389] (91) 116-180 FAX: [389] (91) 117-103 note: the US agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in September 1995, and to upgrade the Liaison Office to an Embassy
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