Minister of Defense of the Republic of North Macedonia is a post (minister) to lead the
Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia
The Ministry of Defence of North Macedonia ( mk, Министерство за одбрана на Северна Македонија) is a Macedonian agency which oversees the management of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia. The minis ...
. Currently, the post is held by
Slavjanka Petrovska Slavjanka Petrovska (born January 11, 1982) is a North Macedonian politician who has been the country's Minister of Defense since January 2022.
Early life and education
Slavjanka Petrovska was born on January 11, 1982, in Skopje. She completed her ...
, since 2022. She succeeded
Radmila Šekerinska
Radmila Šekerinska Jankovska ( mk, Радмила Шекеринска Јанковска ; born 10 June 1972) is the former defense minister of North Macedonia and a former leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM). Šekerinska ...
who held the office from 2017 to 2022.
History
The first Macedonian defense minister was
Trajan Gocevski
Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presid ...
, who was in office in 1992.
Vlado Popovski Vlado () is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable people with the given name include:
*Vlado Babić (born 1960), Serbian politician
* Vlado Badžim (born 1964), Slovenian football player and football coach
* Vlado Bagat (1915–1944), Croatian and ...
and
Vlado Buchkovski were re-elected for the post that means they have served for two
mandates each. The minister for the shortest amount of time was the first one, Trajan Gocevski, while for the longest period was Vlado Popovski.
A list of all Ministers of Defense of North Macedonia follows:
References
{{Defence Ministers of the Republic of Macedonia , state=collapsed
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Military of North Macedonia