Džordže Arsov ( mk, Џорџе Арсов; born 1946) is a former

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Kisela Voda Kisela Voda ( mk, Кисела Вода) is a suburb of the City of Skopje in the municipality of Kisela Voda, North Macedonia. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the suburb had a total of 84,625 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the suburb ...

. He was born in 1946 in

Strumica Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedon ...

, then in

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

. He finished primary and secondary education in his home town and completed his graduate studies in Skopje. In 1970, he graduated with Honors from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, St. Cyril and Methodius University, St.Cyril and Methodius University ( mk, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“- Скопје) in Skopje and started to work as a professor at the high school ASUC in Skopje. After four years at ASUC and as a Deputy Director of the school, he left and started to work in the newly established trading and marketing department of the Metalski Zavod Tito (MZT). Under his management, the department became a leader in its sector and became its own independent organization MZT Commerce, employing approximately 140 people and responsible for over 90% of the revenues of MZT. This trading and marketing organization became an initiator for association of all commercial services of MZT in the process opening many offices in former Yugoslavia as well as in Moscow, Sofia, Frankfurt, Berlin, New York City, New York, and 12 other places around the world. MZT Commerce, under Arsov's leadership, also became an exclusive representative of many firms from former Yugoslavia for the Western European, U.S., and Middle Eastern markets. Arsov was the President and Managing Director of the MZT Commerce until 1991. In 1991, Arsov started his own trading business in oil and oil derivatives as well as secondary raw and precious materials. By 1998 his business interests enlarged, and he established his own financial consulting and investment advisory firm that specialized in representing domestic companies in search for foreign investors as well as the reactivation of the previously closed factories that were in the process of privatization in the Republic of Macedonia. Arsov has lived in

for 40 years. He has been married to Margita Arsova for more than 30 years and is a father of two children. Arsov became the

of the

in March 2005 as a member of the political party of VMRO–DPMNE. Arsov is a President of the Commission for Financing of Municipalities (ZELS). As a member of ZELS, he is also a member of the Commission for Financing of Municipalities at the Government of the North Macedonia.

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1946 births Living people People from Strumica Eastern Orthodox Christians from North Macedonia Members of the Macedonian Orthodox Church Mayors of places in North Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni People from Kisela Voda Municipality Politicians from Skopje {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2013