Koce Trajanovski ( mk, Коце Трајановски) is a

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

politician. He is a member of the opposition party

VMRO-DPMNE Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...

. He served as the

Mayor of Skopje The Mayor of Skopje ('' mk, Градоначалник на Скопје'') is the city mayor who is representing North Macedonia's capital city Greater Skopje and all of its municipalities. Also, the mayor's decisions are confirmed or rejected ...

from 2009 to 2017. Before he was the mayor of Skopje, he was a

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and mayor of the

Gazi Baba Municipality Gazi Baba ( mk, , sq, Gazi Babë) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor. "Skopje encompasses ten municipalities (Aerodr ...

. He was born in 1956 in Skopje. He studied at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and graduated in 1980. In 1981, he started work at MTZ – Hepos where he was in charge of the computer management area. After that, he opened his own private computer

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firm and closed that firm after 2 years of unsuccessfully managing that business. Following that, he decided that politics are more profitable. In 1998, he was elected MP from the winning party. In 2005 he was elected mayor of Gazi Baba. And in 2009 he was elected for his first mandate as mayor of

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

. After the 2013 local elections in March he was elected for a second mandate. After the 2017 local elections held in October he was replaced by Petre Šilegov.

Awards and decorations

*2016: Commander of the

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References

External links

Official candidate website of Koce Trajanovski - Biography

Official website of the Mayor of Skopje - Biography
Mayors of Skopje Living people VMRO-DPMNE politicians Members of the Assembly of North Macedonia 1956 births {{NorthMacedonia-politician-stub