President of the government of RM

Vlado Buckovski

Date of birth:
   December 2, 1962 in Skopje

Education:
   Buckovski graduated at the Faculty of Law in Skopje in 1986, while he took his M.A. degree in 1991 at the Faculty of Law in Skopje.
He took his Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Law in Skopje in 1998, on topic “Roman and Contemporary Obligation Law”

Spoken languages :
   English

Working and Political experience:

From 1987 to 1988 Buckovski works as an expert collaborator in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia.
In the period from 1988 to 2002 he works as a lecturer, collaborator, younger assistant and as an assistant at the Faculty of Law in
Skopje, while in 2003 he works as an associate professor at the same faculty.
In the period from 1998 to 2000 Buckovski is a member of the State Election Commission; while in 2000-2001 he is a Chairman of Skopje
City Council.
In the period from May 13 until November 26, 2001 he performs the function of a Minister of Defense in the wide coalition Government.
Since November 1, 2002 Buckovski is a member of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in which he performs the function of a
Minister of Defense.
Buckovski became a Chairman of the Government's Legal Council on September 15, 2003.
He was elected SDSM Leader on November 26, 2004.
On the same day he was assigned a mandate for a composition of a new Government, following the resignation of former Prime Minister
Hari Kostov.