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Democratic Party (Macedonia)
The Democratic Party ( mk, Демократска партија, ''Demokratska Partija'', DP) was a political party in Macedonia. History The establishment of the party was announced by Petar Gošev in April 1993 after he left the Social Democratic Union, which he had previously headed. Gošev was joined by several former members of the League of Democracy, which was dissolved in May, as well as three other minor parties; Ilinden–Free Democrats, the Green Party and the Reform Party of Ohrid. A founding assembly was held on 27 June, and the party had three MPs going into the 1994 elections; Gošev, Mihail Panovski and Risto Jovanov. The elections saw the party run on a platform of lower taxes and a privatisation voucher scheme.IRI Election Observation Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It is a landlocked country bordering Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's 1.83 million people. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians, a South Slavs, South Slavic people. Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks in North Macedonia, Turks, Romani people in North Macedonia, Romani, Serbs in North Macedonia, Serbs, Bosniaks in North Macedonia, Bosniaks, Aromanians in North Mace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Gošev
Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros (given name), Petros cognate to Peter (given name), Peter. Derivative forms include Pero (given name), Pero, Pejo, Pera (given name), Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra (given name), Petra. People mononymously known as Petar include: * Petar of Serbia ( – 917), early Prince of the Serbia * Petar of Duklja (), early archont in Dioclea * Petar Krešimir (died 1074/1075), King of Croatia and Dalmatia * * Notable people with the name are numerous: * See also * Sveti Petar (other) * Petrić * Petričević References {{reflist Serbian masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names Croatian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Union Of Macedonia
The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија – СДСМ, ''Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija'' – SDSM, sq, Lidhja socialdemokrate e Maqedonisë – LSDM) is a social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in the Republic of Macedonia, political party, and the main centre-left party in North Macedonia. The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia was founded on 20 April 1991 at the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Macedonia, when it was transformed into the SDSM. The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia is a member of the Progressive Alliance and an associate affiliate of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The party supported a practical solution to the Macedonia naming dispute, Macedonian naming dispute with Greece, which succeeded under the Prespa agreement. History and election results The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia was established on 20 April 1991. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Macedonian General Election
General elections were held in Macedonia on 16 October 1994 to elect a President and Assembly, with a second round of Assembly elections on 30 October.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1278 The presidential election was won by Kiro Gligorov of the Alliance for Macedonia (a coalition of the Social Democratic Union, Liberal Party and the Socialist Party), whilst the parties forming Alliance for Macedonia also won the Assembly elections with 95 of the 120 seats. However, the second round of the Assembly elections were boycotted by VMRO-DPMNE and the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ..., as they claimed there had been irregularities in the first round.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1284 Electoral system The 120 mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risto Jovanov
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish language, Finnish, Estonian language, Estonian and South Slavic languages, South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from ''Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to: Estonia *Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist *Risto Joost (born 1980), conductor and operatic countertenor *Risto Kallaste (born 1971), footballer *Risto Kappet (born 1994), sim racing driver *Risto Kask (born 1985), civil servant and politician *Risto Kübar (born 1983), actor *Risto Lumi (born 1971), military colonel *Risto Mätas (born 1984), javelin thrower Finland *Risto Aaltonen (1939–2021), actor *Risto Ahti (born 1943), writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1994 *Risto Alapuro (born 1944), sociologist *Risto Ankio (born 1937), athlete *Risto Asikainen (born 1958), record producer, songwriter and musician *Risto Björlin (born 1944), wrestler *Risto Dufva (born 1963), former professional ice hockey goaltend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...s and political development, he has published several books. IDEA Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Electi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia by population, largest municipality in the country. Kumanovo lies Above mean sea level, above sea level and is surrounded by the Karadag part of Skopska Crna Gora mountain on its western side, Gradištanska mountain on its southern side, and Mangovica and German mountain on the Eastern side. Skopje International Airport, Skopje airport also serves Kumanovo. It has many historical sites. One of the most important sites is the 4,000-year-old megalithic astronomical observatory of Kokino, located northeast of Kumanovo and discovered in 2001. It is ranked fourth on the list of old observatories by NASA. In 1912, during the First Balkan War, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian forces won a decisive victory over the Ottomans north of the town. The two-day Battle of Kumanovo ended Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Denar
The denar ( mk, денар; paucal: denari / денари; Currency symbol, abbreviation: ден (Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic) or DEN (Latin alphabet, Latin), ISO 4217, ISO code: MKD) is the currency of North Macedonia. Though subdivided into one hundred deni (), coins with a denomination of less than one denar have not been in use since 2013. History The first denar was established as a temporary currency on 26 April 1992 in the then-North Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia, replacing the 1990 version of the Yugoslav dinar at a 1:1 parity. In May 1993, the currency was reformed and a new denar was introduced, with one new denar being equal to 100 old denars. Etymology The name denar comes from the name of the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman monetary unit, the ''denarius''. The currency symbol, abbreviation is ден, the first three Macedonian alphabet, Cyrillic letters of its name. First denar (1992–1993) The first denar was a temporary currency introduced on 26 April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Macedonia
The Liberal Party of Macedonia ( mk, Либерална партија на Македонија, ''Liberalna partija na Makedonija'') is a conservative-liberal political party in North Macedonia. The party was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party but is no longer a member. It is currently led by Ivon Velickovski. History The Liberal Party was established on 5 October 1990 as the Union of Reform Forces in Macedonia (Сојуз на реформски сили, ''Sojuz na reformski sili'', SRS). Although it shared its name with the Union of Reform Forces operating in other parts of Yugoslavia and headed by Prime Minister Ante Marković, it was not directly linked to the party. However, due to Marković's popularity, the party performed well in the 1990 parliamentary elections, receiving 13.3% of the vote in the first round and 16.1% in the second, winning a total of 11 seats. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democratic Party (Republic Of Macedonia)
The Liberal Democratic Party ( Macedonian: Либерално-демократска Партија, ''Liberalno-demokratska Partija'') is a social-liberal political party in North Macedonia. The Liberal Democratic Party was launched in April 1997 as a merger between the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party. The first leader of the party was Petar Goshev from the Democrats, who was also the last president of the League of Communists of Macedonia. When the Liberal Party was re-established in 1999, a significant portion of the former Liberal Party remained in LDP. Since 1994 the LDP has been a member of Liberal International. The party is also an affiliate member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. The party's president from 2006 until 2011 was Jovan Manasievski. In 2011, Andrej Žernovski was elected as the new leader of the party. He was in that position until 2015 when in the party's congress Goran Milevski was elected as president. The party's current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Macedonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 18 October 1998, with a second round on 1 November. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1278 VMRO-DPMNE emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 120 seats, and later formed a coalition government with Democratic Alternative and the Democratic Party of Albanians. Electoral system A new electoral law was passed prior to the election, replacing the system in which 120 members of the Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies, with one in which 35 were elected by proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ... at the national level, and 85 elected in single member constituencies. In the single-member constituencies, candidates had to receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
