Tito Petkovski () (born 23 January 1945) is a

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politician, and leader of the

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Early life

Petkovski was born in

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and was named after

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Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

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He earned his law degree from

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and went on to work in the municipal courts for the State Bureau of Physical Planning. His spouse is Trajanka Petkovska.

Career

Petkovski served as Secretary of the Presidency of the

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(SKM) from 28 November 1989 until 20 April 1991. A SKM's city branch member, Petkovski has served as a Member of Parliament since 1991. He was

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of the

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in its first parliamentary mandate (1990-1994) and the President of the Assembly from 1996 to 1998. Petkovski was the Social Democrats candidate in the 1999 presidential election. In the first round he took first place by a wide margin, receiving 33% of the vote. He was defeated in the second round by

Boris Trajkovski Boris Trajkovski ( GCMG; , pronounced ; 25 June 1956 – 26 February 2004) was a Macedonian politician who served as the President of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash. Early life Trajkovski was born on 25 June 195 ...

, receiving 45% of the vote. A prominent member of the

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, he left the party in November 2005 to create the

References

1945 births Living people People from Kriva Palanka Yugoslav communists Speakers of the Assembly of North Macedonia New Social Democratic Party politicians Social Democratic Union of Macedonia politicians Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni Secretaries of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Macedonia {{NorthMacedonia-politician-stub