Nikola Gruevski
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Nikola Gruevski
Никола Груевски |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 27 August 2006 |
|
| President | Branko Crvenkovski Gjorge Ivanov |
| Preceded by | Vlado Bučkovski |
|
|
|
| Born | 31 August 1970 Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Spouse | Borkica Gruevska |
| Religion | Macedonian Orthodox |
Nikola Gruevski (Macedonian: Никола Груевски, 
[ˈnikɔla ˈɡruefski] (help·info)) (born 31 August 1970 in Skopje) has been the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia since 27 August 2006. He has also been the leader of VMRO-DPMNE since May 2003. He was Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government led by Ljubčo Georgievski until September 2002.
Contents |
[edit] Political career
[edit] Minister of Finance
Among Gruevski's achievements as Minister of Finance was the privatisation of Fenimak. The government under Ljubčo Georgievski sold the Macedonian Telecom to Hungarian Matav. Gruevski also implemented financial reforms, including the value added tax of 18%, requiring fiscal receipts for all Macedonian businesses, which was a program designed to fight tax evasion. His most famous program was "Купувајте Македонски Производи" ("Buy Macedonian Products"), which promoted buying Macedonian products, designated by logo with a sun with a happy face. His hope was that the program would boost domestic businesses.
[edit] Party leader
After VMRO-DPMNE was defeated in the Macedonian parliamentary election, 2002, there was a period of infighting within the party. Gruevski emerged as the pro-EU leader, and was elected as a leader of the party, after Ljubčo Georgievski left the position. The former prime minister set up his own party (VMRO-People's Party), but VMRO-DPMNE retained most of the party's supporters.
[edit] Prime Minister
The VMRO-DPMNE won the Macedonian parliamentary election, 2006. On August 25 he constituted the new government. His government has many new faces, mostly in their 30s in key ministries and other positions. He was the first to incorporate Macedonian expatriates from various worldwide positions as CEO's in his new government.
In June 2007, he attended a meeting in Tirana, Albania along with U.S President George W. Bush, President of the United States, Sali Berisha, Prime Minister of Albania and Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia.
On 1 June 2008, the coalition led by his party VMRO-DPMNE won Macedonian parliamentary election, 2008, their second electoral victory in a row, winning more than half of the seats in the parliament. [1] The polling was marred by a number of violent incidents and allegations of fraud in some ethnic Albanian dominated municipalities. He created a government with the Democratic Union for Integration. [2]
[edit] Personal life
Gruevski has family roots in Greek Macedonia ("Aegean Macedonia"). His paternal grandparents stem from Achlada (Greek: Αχλάδα; Macedonian Slavic: Крушоради, Krušoradi),[3] a village in the Meliti municipality of the Florina Prefecture, Greece, where his family had the surname Grouios (Γρούϊος).[3] His grandmother emigrated to Yugoslavia during the Greek Civil War after having lost her husband in the Greco-Italian War.[4]
[edit] Books
- Gruevski, Nikola and Vaknin, Sam Macedonian Economy on a Crossroads, Skopje, NIP Noval Literatura, 1998. ISBN 9989610010
- Gruevski, Nikola The Way Out
[edit] References
- ^ Parties and Elections in Europe - Macedonia
- ^ "PM claims win in Macedonian poll" BBC NEws, Link accessed 01/06/08
- ^ a b http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/default-mk.asp?ItemID=E02741FE0CDEF14487FFB7338443B82A&arc=1
- ^ Zougla.gr "The Greek grandfather of Gruevski" (Greek) Link accessed 18/07/08
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nikola Gruevski |
- Biography of Gruevski at the Homepage of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia
- Curriculum Vitae written by Nikola Gruevski
- Book: Makedonskata ekonomija na krstopat : na patot kon pozdrava ekonomija by Nikola Gruevski and Sam Vaknin
|
|||||||||||
