Vasile Andonovski (born 24 December 1961) is a Macedonian diplomat who was a Permanent Representative of the

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to the

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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

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. He first worked in the Department of Analytics of the

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until being appointed as the ministry's spokesperson in 2000. Andonovski later worked at the Macedonian embassy in

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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

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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

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andonovski, Vasile 1961 births Living people Macedonian diplomats Permanent Representatives of North Macedonia to the United Nations