Gjorge Ivanov
| Gjorge Ivanov Ѓорге Иванов |
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| 4th President of Macedonia | |
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Assumed office 12 May 2009 |
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| Prime Minister |
Nikola Gruevski Emil Dimitriev |
| Preceded by | Branko Crvenkovski |
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2 May 1960 Valandovo, Yugoslavia (now Macedonia) |
| Political party | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Spouse(s) | Maja Ivanova |
| Alma mater | University of Skopje |
| Religion | Macedonian Orthodoxy |
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| Website | Official website |
Gjorge Ivanov, also transliterated as Ǵorge (Macedonian: Ѓорге Иванов, pronounced [ˈɟɔrɡɛ ˈivanɔf]; born May 2, 1960), is the President of the Republic of Macedonia, in office since 2009.
Born at Valandovo, Ivanov finished primary and secondary school in his hometown. He lived there until the age of 27, then moved to the Macedonian capital Skopje, which has since been his permanent residence.
Ivanov is married to Maja Ivanova. Together they have a son named Ivan.
Ivanov has been politically active since the Yugoslav era, when he pushed for political pluralism and market economy. Until 1990 he was an activist in the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia and a member of the last presidency of the organization, where he worked on reforming the political system and promoting political plurality and free market economy.
Ivanov is considered a leading expert on civil society, specializing in political management. He is the founder and honorary president of the Macedonian Political Science Association and one of the founding members of the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis, a leading analytical centre in the Republic of Macedonia.
His professional career began in 1988, when he became an editor at the Macedonian Radio and Television, the national broadcasting station. He later taught political theory and political philosophy at the Law Faculty of the University of Skopje. In 1999, he became a visiting professor for the Southeast European programme at the University of Athens in Greece.
A series of academic appointments followed, including at universities in Bologna and Sarajevo. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje named him associate professor in 1992 and a full-time professor in 2008. The same year, he became president of the Council for Accreditation in Higher Education in Macedonia.
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