Lazar Elenovski (born 19 March 1971 Macedonian : Лазар Еленовски) is a

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 ...

politician, former Minister of Defence, elected on 26 August 2006 until 26 July 2008. He was Ambassador of Macedonia to Belgium and Luxembourg from September 2012 till December 2016 and Special Representative of the Macedonian Government to NATO from March 2018 until May 2020. Politically active since Macedonia's independence he joined social-democratic political option. In 1995 he formed the first euro-atlantic youth organization in the country Young Europeans for Security-YES. He was President of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Macedonia (2005-2006, 2008- 2012), its Secretary General (2001-2005) and Vice-President of the international Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) 2011-2014. Born in

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 ...

, he is a graduate of the Faculty of Economy at the Ss. Cyril and MethodiusUniversity in Skopje where he also took a Master on Economic Development and International Finances. He is married with two children. His father is of Macedonian descent and his mother is of

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origin. He speaks Macedonian ,

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, French, Serbian and Croatian.

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Biography at the Government of the Republic of Macedonia

1971 births Living people Politicians from Skopje Defence ministers of North Macedonia Social Democratic Union of Macedonia politicians Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni Macedonian people of Albanian descent {{NorthMacedonia-politician-stub