Gordana Jankuloska (, ; born 12 October 1975) is the former 10th Interior Minister of the
Government of North Macedonia
Politics in North Macedonia occur within the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Leg ...
. She was a Minister in four cabinets of
Nikola Gruevski
Nikola Gruevski ( mk, Никола Груевски, pronounced ; hu, Nikola Gruevszki; born 31 August 1970) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation, which was caused by the 2016 Mac ...
. During the
2015 Macedonian protests, activists demanded that Gruevski and his cabinet resign. Jankuloska and two others resigned from their positions.
[Macedonia on high alert as protests grow over wire taps scandal]
''The New Zealand Herald''. Glen Johnson. Published May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015. She was replaced as the interior minister by
Mitko Čavkov
Mitko Čavkov ( mk, Митко Чавков, ; born 24 January 1963) is a former Interior Minister of Macedonia. He was appointed minister after the mini cabinet reconstruction of the Macedonian Government by the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski
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. Jankuloska was sentenced to 6 years for “misuse of office” by a first-instance court in 2018, but her sentence was reduced by the higher court. She was sent to jail on 28.9.2020, after the court of appeals sentenced her to 4-years for her involvement in the purchase of a luxury car for about 600 thousand euros.
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