Vasile Andonovski (born 24 December 1961) is a
Macedonian diplomat who was a Permanent Representative of the
Republic of Macedonia
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to the
United Nations
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(since 2014).
Biography
Andonovski was born in 1961 and joined the Macedonian foreign service in 1999 after studying journalism and international relations 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. ...
. He first worked in the Department of Analytics of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
until being appointed as the ministry's spokesperson in 2000. Andonovski later worked at the Macedonian embassy in
Rome
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from 2002 to 2006, before becoming deputy head of public diplomacy and an official magazine editor until 2007. He worked as a spokesperson again until 2008 being made the deputy head of mission at the Macedonian embassy in
Beijing
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,
China
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. From 2012 he was in charge of the cabinet of the foreign ministry for public relations, before being assigned as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Macedonia to the UN. In September 2014, Andonovski attended a flag-raising ceremony in
New York City
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, commemorating the Republic of Macedonia's 23 years of independence.
Macedonian Flag Over Wall Street, New York City
United Macedonian Diaspora. Published September 10, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
References
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1961 births
Living people
Macedonian diplomats
Permanent Representatives of North Macedonia to the United Nations