Prime Minister of North Macedonia

The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, officially the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Претседател на Владата на Република Северна Македонија; Albanian: Kryeministri i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut), is the head of government of North Macedonia. The first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) was Nikola Kljusev from 27 January 1991 to 17 August 1992.

Prime Minister of North Macedonia Премиерот на Северна Македонија Kryeministri i Maqedonisë së Veriut
Coat of arms of North Macedonia
Incumbent Hristijan Mickoski since 23 June 2024
Appointer	Assembly of North Macedonia
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	Nikola Kljusev 27 January 1991
Formation	Constitution of Macedonia 16 April 1991
Salary	15,600 USD annually
Website	https://vlada.mk/node/22?ln=mk

The current Prime Minister of North Macedonia is Hristijan Mickoski.

List of prime ministers of Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Macedonia

Party

  KPM/SKM

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political Party
Minister for Macedonia 1945
1	Emanuel Čučkov (1901–1967)		7 March 1945	1945	Communist Party of Macedonia
Prime Minister 1945–1953
2	Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000)		16 April 1945	1953	Communist Party of Macedonia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Macedonia
	Chairmen of the Executive Council 1953–1991
	Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000)		1953	December 1953	League of Communists of Macedonia
3	Ljupčo Arsov (1910–1986)		December 1953	1961	League of Communists of Macedonia
4	Aleksandar Grličkov (1923–1989)		1961	1965	League of Communists of Macedonia
5	Nikola Minčev (1915–1997)		1965	1968	League of Communists of Macedonia
6	Ksente Bogoev (1919–2008)		1968	March 1974	League of Communists of Macedonia
7	Blagoj Popov (1920–1992)		March 1974	29 April 1982	League of Communists of Macedonia
8	Dragoljub Stavrev (1932–2003)		29 April 1982	June 1986	League of Communists of Macedonia
9	Gligorije Gogovski (1943–)		June 1986	27 January 1991	League of Communists of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia / North Macedonia

Parties

  SDSM   VMRO–DPMNE   Independent

Status

  Acting Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party	Election
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Nikola Kljusev (1927–2008)	27 January 1991	17 August 1992	1 year, 203 days	Independent	1990
2		Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962)	17 August 1992	30 November 1998	6 years, 105 days	SDSM	1994
3		Ljubčo Georgievski (born 1966)	30 November 1998	1 November 2002	3 years, 336 days	VMRO-DPMNE	1998
(2)		Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962)	1 November 2002	12 May 2004	1 year, 193 days	SDSM	2002
—		Radmila Šekerinska (born 1972) Acting	12 May 2004	2 June 2004	21 days	SDSM	—
4		Hari Kostov (born 1959)	2 June 2004	18 November 2004	169 days	Independent	—
—		Radmila Šekerinska (born 1972) Acting	18 November 2004	17 December 2004	29 days	SDSM	—
5		Vlado Bučkovski (born 1962)	17 December 2004	27 August 2006	1 year, 253 days	SDSM	—
6		Nikola Gruevski (born 1970)	27 August 2006	18 January 2016	9 years, 144 days	VMRO-DPMNE	2006 2008 2011 2014
7		Emil Dimitriev (born 1979)	18 January 2016	31 May 2017	1 year, 133 days	VMRO-DPMNE	—
8		Zoran Zaev (born 1974)	31 May 2017	3 January 2020	7 years, 157 days	SDSM	2016
9		Oliver Spasovski (born 1976)	3 January 2020	30 August 2020	240 days	SDSM	–
(8)		Zoran Zaev (born 1974)	30 August 2020	16 January 2022	1 year, 139 days	SDSM	2020
10		Dimitar Kovačevski (born 1974)	16 January 2022	28 January 2024	2 years, 12 days	SDSM	—
11		Talat Xhaferi (born 1962)	28 January 2024	23 June 2024	147 days	BDI	—
12		Hristijan Mickoski (born 1977)	23 June 2024	Incumbent	134 days	VMRO-DPMNE	2024