Ivan Stoilković (, , born 15 February 1962) is a politician in

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 Socialist Feder ...

from the country's

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minority. He is the president of the

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 Макед� ...

and a member of the

Assembly of North Macedonia The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk, Собрание на Република Северна Македонија, sq, Kuvendi i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut), or the Sobranie ( mk, Собрание, "Assembly"), is t ...

Biography

He was born on 15 February 1962 in

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. After finishing high school, he enrolled at the Faculty of Law at the

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje The Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje ( mk, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“ во Скопје) is the oldest and largest List of universities in North Macedonia, public university in North Macedonia. ...

. In 1992, he founded the

. Since 2002, he has been a member of the

. He is the chair of the Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of

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. In an 2018 interview he said that relations between

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and Macedonia have never been worse because of Macedonia's Anti-Serb sentiment, Anti-Serbian politics.

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1962 births Living people Serbs of North Macedonia Members of the Assembly of North Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni Macedonian politicians {{NorthMacedonia-politician-stub

Biography

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