Emil Dimitriev (, ; born 19 March 1979) is a Macedonian

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, sociologist, and

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of the

VMRO-DPMNE The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (), abbreviated as VMRO-DPMNE (), is a conservative and the main centre-right to right-wing political party in North Macedonia. It was establ ...

. He served as Prime Minister of Macedonia, following the resignation of Nikola Gruevski, from January 2016 to May 2017.

Prime minister

Dimitriev was nominated in an interim capacity as Prime Minister of Macedonia on 15 January 2016, and he assumed office on 18 January, following the arranged pre-electoral resignation of

Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski (, pronounced ; born 31 August 1970) is a former Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation, which was caused by the 2016 Macedonian protests, ...

from the position, as part of the Przino Agreement.

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1979 births VMRO-DPMNE politicians Living people People from Probištip Prime ministers of North Macedonia {{NorthMacedonia-politician-stub