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Elections In Macedonia
North Macedonia elects on the national level a head of state—the president—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia (''Sobranie'') has 120-123 members, elected for a four-year term, by proportional representation. North Macedonia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Last elections Parliamentary elections were held on 15 July 2020. Presidential elections were held in April and May, 2019. Presidential On 21 April 2019, the first round of the presidential elections resulted voters turnout receiving 41.67% of the vote. this round didn't receive 50% of all registered voters, and so a second round was held on 5 May 2019. In first round resulted , The SDSM Stevo Pendarovski won 44.75% of the votes and VMRO-DPMNE Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North 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 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, a South Slavic people. Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Romani, Serbs, Bosniaks, Aromanians and a few other minorities. The region's history begins with the kingdom of Paeonia, a mixed Thraco- Illyrian polity. In the late sixth century BC, the area was subjugated by the Persian Achaemenid Empire, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Union Of The Vlachs Of Macedonia
The Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia (DSVM; mk, Демократски сојуз на Власите од Македонија, ; rup, Unia Democratã a Armãnjlor dit Machidunii, ) is one of the two political parties of North Macedonia representing the Aromanian minority of the country, the other being the Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia (PVM). The president of the DSVM is Nikola Babovski. It was founded in 2002. The Aromanians are a Balkan Romance-speaking ethnic group living, among other countries, in North Macedonia. Officially, they are known as "Vlachs" and are around 9,695 people in the country according to the 2002 Macedonian census. However, there are claims that, in fact, the Aromanians number over 80,000, which the DSVM backs. The DSVM has little political relevance and lacks an official website on the Internet. Information on its members, leadership and structure is also limited. It has been part of a coalition with the Social Democratic Union of Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Progressive Party In Macedonia
The Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia ( sr, Српска напредна странка у Македонији, Srpska napredna stranka u Makedoniji, mk, Српска напредна странка во Македонија, Srpska napredna stranka vo Makedonija; abbr. СНСМ, SNSM) is a political party in North Macedonia. Ideology SNSM shares a variety of contacts with Serbian and other non-governmental organizations in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Republika Srpska and elsewhere and with the core party, Serbia-centered Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). It is a separate and independent political organization, subject to the Constitution and legislation of the Republic of Macedonia. SNSM (commonly referred colloquially only by the acronym "СНС" – "SNS") also puts strong premium on specifics of both chronic and acute problems of re-establishing and fortification of Serbdom (individual consciousness of oneself as an ethnic Serb, in community of ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of Macedonia
The Socialist Party of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка партија на Македонија, ''Socijalistička Partija na Makedonija'', SPM) is a political party in North Macedonia founded on 22 September 1990 as a successor to the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia. The SPM proclaims itself to be a left-wing democratic socialist party. The SPM was part of the coalition governments from 1992 to 1998, led by the SDSM. The party's first leader was Kiro Popovski and was led by Ljubisav Ivanov-Dzingo after until his death in 2020. The party's current leader is Ljupco Dimovski. In the 2002 legislative elections, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote and 1 out of 120 seats. Before this elections the SPM broke its close relations with the SDSM and refused to take part in the SDSM led coalition government. In December 2003 the SPM formed a coalition with the Democratic Alternative and with the Democratic Union. In the 2006 legislative elections, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of United Democrats Of Macedonia
The Party of United Democrats of Macedonia ( mk, Партија на обединети демократи на Македонија, ПОДЕМ; ''Partija na obedineti demokrati na Makedonija'', PODEM) is a centre-left political party in North Macedonia. It was founded on 12 July 2008 by former members of the New Social Democratic Party The New Social Democratic Party ( mk, Нова социјалдемократска Партија, ''Nova socijaldemokratska partija'', NSDP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in North Macedonia. Its leader is Tito Petkovski, ..., after the 2008 parliamentary elections. References External linksPODEM web site 2008 establishments in the Republic of Macedonia Political parties established in 2008 Political parties in North Macedonia {{RMacedonia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of The Vlachs Of Macedonia
The Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia (PVM; mk, Партија на Власите од Македонија, ; rup, Partia Armãnjilor ditu Machidunie, ), sometimes simply referred to as the Party of the Vlachs or the Vlach Party ( mk, Партијата на Власите, link=no; rup, Partia Armãnjilor, link=no), is one of the two political parties in North Macedonia representative of the Aromanian minority of the country, the other being the Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia (DSVM). It was founded in 2001 in Skopje by Mite Kostov Papuli, who was also a member of several many other Aromanian organizations of North Macedonia. Papuli died in 2020, at age 61, as a result of COVID-19. In March 2020, the PVM joined a coalition with VMRO-DPMNE and many other North Macedonian political parties. In 2021, a representative of PVM, the DSVM and some other Aromanian organizations of North Macedonia met with the President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski on the occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MAAK – Conservative Party
MAAK-Conservative Party ( mk, МААК - Конзервативна партија) was a political party in Macedonia. The party was led by Strašo Angelovski. The party claimed to be the legal inheritor of the Movement for All-Macedonian Action (MAAK). Although the party participated in all election cycles from the introduction of the multi-party system in the 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 ... until the Parliamentary elections in 2002, it never managed to win a seat and enter the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. After the military conflict in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001, at a meeting of the leadership, the party changed its name from MAAK - Conservative Party to MAAK - United Macedonian Option (MAAK - EMO). The party ceased its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party Of Serbs In Macedonia
The Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia (DPSM; sr, Демократска партија Срба у Македонији, ''Demokratska partija Srba u Makedoniji''; mk, Демократска партија на Србите во Македонија, ''Demokratska Partija na Srbite vo Makedonija''; abbr. ДПСМ, ''DPSM'') is a political party representing the interests of Serbs in North Macedonia as well as other political, social and economic issues. Overview At the last legislative elections, April 2014, the party won one out of 120 seats. DPSM's elected Parliamentary Deputy is Ivan Stoilković who is the current President of the DPSM. Goals The party goals may be defined as: preservation and advancement of Serbs and their respective culture and heritage by legal implementation and practical projects and support for the development of North Macedonia as a multiethnic, free-market orientated democracy. It has traditional base of members and supporters in the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizen Option For Macedonia
The Citizen Option for Macedonia ( mk, Граѓанска опција за Македонија-ГРОМ, ''Gragjanska оpcija za Makedonija'', GROM (lit. "Thunder")) is a political party in North Macedonia led by Stevčo Jakimovski, mayor of Karpoš. History The party was established by Jakimovski in May 2013 after he left the Social Democratic Union in protest at its planned boycott of the 2013 local elections. It nominated Zoran T. Popovski as its presidential candidate for the 2014 general elections, with Popovski finishing fourth out of four candidates with 3.61% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections GROM led an alliance under its own name, including the Liberal Party, the Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia The Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia ( sr, Српска напредна странка у Македонији, Srpska napredna stranka u Makedoniji, mk, Српска напредна странка во Македонија, Srpska napre ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VMRO-DPMNE
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за македонско национално единство, simplified as VMRO-DPMNE; mk, ВМРО–ДПМНЕ) is a political party in North Macedonia and one of the two major parties in the country, the other being the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. The party has presented itself as Christian-democratic, but it is considered nationalist. VMRO-DPMNE's support is based on ethnic Macedonians with some exceptions. The party claims that their goals and objectives are to express the tradition of the Macedonian people on whose political struggle and concepts it is based. Nevertheless, it has formed multiple coalition governments with ethnic minority parties. Under the leadership of Ljubčo Georgievski in its beginning, the party sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Roma In Macedonia
The Union of Roma in Macedonia ( mk, Сојуз на Ромите од Македонија, ''Sojuz na Romite na Makedonija'') is a political party in North Macedonia supporting the rights of the Romani people in the country. At the 2006 legislative elections, the party won 1 out of 120 seats as part of coalition led by the VMRO-DPMNE. In 2017, after many years of participation in the coalitions led by VMRO-DPMNE, the party leader, Amdi Bajram stated that the party will no longer participate in the coalition. The party will participate in a coalition with SDSM 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 ...- Besa for the 2020 parliamentary elections. Political parties of minorities in North Macedonia Romani in North Macedonia Romani political parties {{RMacedonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party For The Full Emancipation Of The Roma Of Macedonia
The Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia ( mk, Партија за целосна еманципација на Ромите од Македонија, ''Partija za Celosna Emancipacija na Romite od Makedonija'', PCERM) is a political party in North Macedonia representing the Roma minority. History The PCERM contested the 1990 parliamentary elections at a time when Macedonia was still part of Yugoslavia. It ran alone in some areas and in alliance with the Socialist Party in others, the latter alliance winning a single seat,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1288 taken by Faik Abdi. It ran alone in the 1994 elections, receiving 0.7% of the vote and winning one seat. During the 1994–98 parliamentary term it was represented in the Assembly by Abdi and Amdi Bajram. Reportedly, in the 1990s, leaders of the PCERM called for the establishment of an independent Romani state, "Romanistan". The 1998 elections saw the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
