Tito Petkovski
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Tito Petkovski is a politician of the Republic of Macedonia
, and leads the New Social Democratic Party
. He was born on January 23, 1945 in Kriva Palanka
, Yugoslavia
(Macedonia
).
He was named after longtime President of Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito
.
Petkovski earned his Law degree from Skopje University
and went on to work in the municipal courts for the State Bureau of Physical Planning.
A member of the League of Communists of Macedonia
's city branch, Petkovski has served as a Member of Parliament
since 1991.
Petkovski was Vice-Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
in its first parliamentary mandate (1990-1994) and Speaker of the Assembly from 1996 to 1998.
Petkovski was the Social Democrat candidate in the 1999 presidential election. In the first round he took first place by a wide margin, receiving 33% of the vote. He was defeated in the second round by Boris Trajkovski
, receiving 45% of the vote.
A prominent member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, he left the party in November 2005 to create the New Social Democratic Party.
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, and leads the New Social Democratic Party
New Social Democratic Party
The New Social Democratic Party is a centre-left social democratic party in the Republic of Macedonia. Its leader is Tito Petkovski, who parted with the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia in November 2005...
. He was born on January 23, 1945 in Kriva Palanka
Kriva Palanka
Kriva Palanka is a town located in the northeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It has 14.558 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has almost 21.000 inhabitants....
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
(Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
).
He was named after longtime President of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
.
Petkovski earned his Law degree from Skopje University
Skopje University
The Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje is the largest university in the Republic of Macedonia. It was named after the medieval brothers Cyril and Methodius, also known as the Apostles to the Slavs, enlighteners who developed the precursors to the Cyrillic alphabet used today in most...
and went on to work in the municipal courts for the State Bureau of Physical Planning.
A member of the League of Communists of Macedonia
League of Communists of Macedonia
League of Communists of Macedonia was the Macedonian branch of the ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia during the period 1943 – 1990. It was formed under the name Communist Party of Macedonia during the antifascist National Liberation War of Macedonia in the Second World War...
's city branch, Petkovski has served as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
since 1991.
Petkovski was Vice-Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, the Assembly , has 123 members, elected for a four year term, by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each contributing 20 MPs.- Result :...
in its first parliamentary mandate (1990-1994) and Speaker of the Assembly from 1996 to 1998.
Petkovski was the Social Democrat candidate in the 1999 presidential election. In the first round he took first place by a wide margin, receiving 33% of the vote. He was defeated in the second round by Boris Trajkovski
Boris Trajkovski
Trajkovski died on 26 February 2004 in a plane crash en route to an economic conference in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aircraft crashed in thick fog and heavy rain on a mountainside in southeastern Herzegovina, near the villages of Huskovici and Rotimlja some eight miles south-south-east...
, receiving 45% of the vote.
A prominent member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, he left the party in November 2005 to create the New Social Democratic Party.