Macedonian politician
Radmila ?ekerinska Jankovska
(
Macedonian
:
Радмила Шекеринска ?анковска
[?radmila
???k?rinska]
ⓘ
; born 10 June 1972) is the former
defense minister
of
North Macedonia
and a former leader of the
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
(SDSM). ?ekerinska was previously Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and National Coordinator for Foreign Assistance of North Macedonia and also was the acting
Prime Minister of North Macedonia
from 12 May 2004 until 12 June 2004 and from 3 November 2004 until 15 December 2004. She was elected 5 November 2006 the SDUM leader.
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She is the first female (acting) prime minister of North Macedonia.
?ekerinska was elected President of the
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
at the party Congress following a no-confidence motion against the former leader
Vlado Bu?kovski
. She left the position after September 2008 party congress.
Zoran Zaev
was appointed as her successor until May 2009, when president
Branko Crvenkovski
's term ended.
[2]
During her term as a deputy Prime Minister responsible for European Affairs, the
European Council
, in December 2005, granted
North Macedonia
a status of candidate country for
accession to the European Union
.
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Early life and education
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?ekerinska holds a
Master's Degree
from
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
,
Tufts University
, which she obtained in 2007. She graduated in 1995 from Skopje's Faculty of Electrical Engineering with a degree in Power Engineering.
Political career
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?ekerinska became involved in the
Open Society Institute
of
George Soros
and in 1996 won a seat on Skopje City Council, which she held until she was elected to the Macedonian parliament in 1998. She subsequently became the deputy chairwoman of the
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
(SDSM). She is a member of the presidency of the
Party of European Socialists
with which the SDSM is associated.
From 1997 to 2002 ?ekerinska worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Skopje, while in 1998 she was elected for a member of the
Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
. She was elected for a deputy coordinator of the parliamentary group of the Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDUM) and was a member of several parliamentary committees.
?ekerinska received a second mandate as an MP at the parliamentary elections in 2002, when she was immediately assigned Vice Premier of the Republic of Macedonia responsible for European integration.
?ekerinska served as spokeswoman in Crvenkovski's successful campaign for the Macedonian presidency during March?April 2004. She then served as acting prime minister for three weeks after Crvenkovski resigned to become president. ?ekerinska was reappointed deputy prime minister in the government of Crvenkovski's successor as prime minister,
Hari Kostov
, on 3 June 2004.
?ekerinska is an author of a number of scientific and expert works.
[4]
On 1 May 2018, ?ekerinska and U.S. Defence Secretary
James Mattis
met at the
Pentagon
in
Virginia
to discuss the defense relationship between Macedonia and the United States.
[5]
Additionally, the two discussed the
naming dispute between Macedonia and Greece
preventing the former's accession into the
EU
and
NATO
, as well as Macedonia's commitment to achieving 2% spending of GDP on defense.
[6]
On October 15 2022, she was elected as one of the vice-presidents of the
Party of European Socialists
.
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Other activities
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Recognition
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?ekerinska is a winner of "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" Prize, awarded under auspices of the
World Economic Forum
.
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