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Politics of the Republic of Macedonia |
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Politics of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
occurs within the framework of a parliamentary
representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime
Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform
multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the
government. Legislative power is vested in both the
government and parliament. The Judiciary is independent of
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The role of the President of the Republic is mostly ceremonial,
with the real power resting in the hands of the President of the
Government. The President is the commander-in-chief of the state
armed forces and a president of the state Security Council. The
President of the Republic is elected every five years and he or
she can be elected twice at most. The current President is
Branko Crvenkovski. The President is obliged to entrust the
mandate for constituting the Government to a candidate from the
party or parties which has/have a majority in the Assembly. The
Government is elected by the majority vote of all the deputies
in the Assembly.
The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term.
The power of the President of the Republic is mostly limited,
with the real power resting in the hands of the President of the
Government of Macedonia. The last election was last held October
2004: Branko Crvenkovski was elected president in a two-round
ballot with 60.6%, defeating Sasko Kedev with 39.4%.
The current government is a coalition of VMRO-DPMNE, the
Democratic Party of Albanians, the Liberal Party of Macedonia,
the New Social Democratic Party, the Socialist Party of
Macedonia, and the Party for the Movement of Turks in Macedonia.
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Macedonian Government |
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The Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with an
executive government composed of a coalition of parties from the
unicameral legislature (Собрание, Sobranie) and an independent
judicial branch with a constitutional court. The Assembly is
made up of 120 seats and the members are elected every four
years.
The role of the President of the Republic is mostly ceremonial,
with the real power resting in the hands of the President of the
Government. The President is the commander-in-chief of the state
armed forces and a president of the state Security Council. The
President of the Republic is elected every five years and he or
she can be elected twice at most. The current President is
Branko Crvenkovski.
With the passage of a new law and elections held in 2005, local
government functions are divided between 78 municipalities (општини,
opštini; singular: општина, opština). The capital, Skopje, is
governed as a group of ten municipalities collectively referred
to as the "City of Skopje". Municipalities in the Republic of
Macedonia are units of local self-government. Neighbouring
municipalities may establish cooperative arrangements.
Judiciary power is exercised by courts, with the court system
being headed by the Judicial Supreme Court, Constitutional Court
and the Republican Judicial Council. The assembly appoints the
judges.
The country's main political divergence is between the largely
ethnically-based political parties representing the country's
ethnic Macedonian majority and Albanian minority. The issue of
the power balance between the two communities led to a brief war
in 2001, following which a power-sharing agreement was reached.
In August 2004, the Republic's parliament passed legislation
redrawing local boundaries and giving greater local autonomy to
ethnic Albanians in areas where they predominate.
After a troublesome pre-election campaign, the country saw a
relatively calm and democratic change of government in the
elections held on 5 July 2006. The elections were marked by a
decisive victory of the centre-right party VMRO-DPMNE led by
Nikola Gruevski.
Gruevski's decision to include the Democratic Party of Albanians
in the new government, instead of the Democratic Union for
Integration - Party for Democratic Prosperity coalition which
won the majority of the Albanian votes, triggered protests
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Macedonian Government |
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Ministry of Interior Affairs
Dimche Mirchev bb, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3117-222, fax: 3112-468
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dame Gruev 6, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3115-226, 3110-333, fax: 3115-790
Ministry of Economy
Jurij Gagarin 15, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3084-470, 3084-471 fax:3084-472
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Water Resource Management
Leninova 2, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3134-477, fax: 3239-429
Ministry of Education and Science
Dimitrie Cupovski 9, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3117-277, 3117-896 fax: 3118-414
Ministry of Health
Vodnjanska bb, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3147-147, fax: 3113-014
Ministry of Environment and Phisical Planning
Drezdenska 52, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3366-930, 3366-931
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Ministry of Defense
Orce Nikolov bb, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3119-577, fax: 3227-835, 3230-928
Ministry of Justice
Dimitrie Cupovski 9, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3117-277, fax: 3226-975
Ministry of Finance
Dame Gruev 14, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3117-288, fax: 3117-280
Ministry of Transport & Communications
Plostad Crvena
skopska opstina 4,
1000 Skopje
tel: 3123-292, fax: 3126-228
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
Dame Gruev 14, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3117-288, fax: 3118-242
Ministry of Culture
Bul. Ilenden bb, 1000 Skopje
tel: 3118-022, fax: 3127-112, 3124-233
Ministry of Local Self-Government
Dame Gruev 14, 1000
Skopje
tel: 3106-302, fax: 3106-303
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Macedonian People |
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| The Macedonians[1] (Macedonian: Македонци,
Latinic:Makedonci) - also referred to as Macedonian Slavs
[2] - are a South Slavic ethnic group who are primarily
associated with the Republic of Macedonia. They speak the
Macedonian language, a South Slavic language. The
overwhelming majority of ethnic Macedonians live in the
Republic of Macedonia, although there are also minority
communities in neighboring Serbia, Greece, Albania and
Bulgaria, as well as in diaspora communities...
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Capital of Macedonia / SKOPJE |
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| Skopje is the capital of the Republic of
Macedonia. As largest city in the country, it is a
political, economic, and cultural center of Macedonia. It
lies on the upper course of the Vardar River and is located
on a major north-south Balkan route between Belgrade and
Athens.
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