Ohrid Summit 2008 was the name of the 15th Meeting of Presidents of
Central European States that took place from 2 May to 3 May 2008 in the city of
Ohrid,
Republic of Macedonia. Prior to the summit, the
President of the Republic of Macedonia,
Branko Crvenkovski
Branko Crvenkovski ( mk, Бранко Црвенковски, pronounced ; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, and as President of Macedonia ...
, said the
Macedonians "will be especially honored as the host of the greatest political event ever organized" in his country.
Participant countries and presidents
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Albania,
Bamir Topi
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Austria,
Heinz Fischer
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Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Haris Silajdžić
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Bulgaria,
Georgi Parvanov
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Croatia,
Stjepan Mesić
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Czech Republic,
Václav Klaus
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Germany,
Horst Köhler
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Hungary,
László Sólyom
László Sólyom ( hu, Sólyom László, ; born 3 January 1942) is a Hungarian political figure, lawyer, and librarian who was President of Hungary from 2005 until 2010. Previously he was Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Hungary f ...
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Italy,
Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano (; born 29 June 1925) is an Italian politician who served as president of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first Italian president to be re-elected to the presidency. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics, some critics ...
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Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
(''2008 host nation''),
Branko Crvenkovski
Branko Crvenkovski ( mk, Бранко Црвенковски, pronounced ; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, and as President of Macedonia ...
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Moldova,
Vladimir Voronin
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Montenegro,
Filip Vujanović
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Poland,
Lech Kaczyński
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Romania,
Traian Băsescu
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Serbia,
Boris Tadić
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Slovakia,
Ivan Gašparovič
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Slovenia,
Danilo Türk
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Turkey,
Abdullah Gül
*{{flagicon, Ukraine
Ukraine,
Viktor Yushchenko
See also
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Ohrid
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Republic of Macedonia
External links
Official site of the Ohrid Summit 2008
Central Europe
Ohrid
2008 in the Republic of Macedonia