Hristijan Mickoski

Hristijan Mickoski (Macedonian: Христијан Мицкоски, pronounced [xri'stijan mi't͡skɔski]) is a Macedonian politician, university professor and president of VMRO-DPMNE. In 2016, he became the director of JSC "Power Plants of Macedonia", and in the period 2015—2017 he was energy advisor to the prime ministers Nikola Gruevski and Emil Dimitriev. As the sole candidate, he was elected leader of VMRO-DPMNE at the party's 16th congress in Valandovo.

Hristijan Mickoski
Христијан Мицкоски
Mickoski in 2018
Leader of the Opposition of North Macedonia
Assumed office
23 December 2017
PresidentGjorge Ivanov
Stevo Pendarovski
Preceded byNikola Gruevski
President of VMRO-DPMNE
Assumed office
23 December 2017
Preceded byNikola Gruevski
Personal details
Born (1977-09-29) 29 September 1977
Skopje, Yugoslavia
NationalityMacedonian
Political partyVMRO-DPMNE
Alma materSs. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
OccupationMechanical engineer

Biography

Mickoski was born on 29 September 1977 in Skopje, then in Socialist Republic of Macedonia, part of SFR Yugoslavia.[1] He was the president of ELEM, the state-owned electricity producing company. He became a PhD (his father was his supervisor) and an associate professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.[2][3]

Party leader

After the resignation of Nikola Gruevski, Mickoski became the new leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party in December 2017,[4] and thus leader of the opposition in the country. Mickoski has stated that he and his party are in favour of EU and NATO but not with capitulation.[5] However the veracity of his pro-EU and pro-NATO orientation has been met with doubt by some political observers.[6][7] Mickoski has close ties with the Hungarian and Serbian presidents Orban and Vučić.[8] He and the party he leads became one of the main participants of the 2022 North Macedonia protests against the French proposal for the start of the negotiation process of North Macedonia and the EU.[9]

Controversies

According to the Makfax news agency, Hristijan Mickoski as a student was a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party for the presidency of SSUKM.[10] This information was provided by some dissatisfied party members when he was elected party secretary general in July 2017. Some members of VMRO-DPMNE accused that he was not a member of the party until 2010.[10] In August 2022, Mickoski vowed to leave politics forever, if Bulgarians were included in the country's constitution, a mandatory requirement included in the negotiating framework with the EU.[11] In September he initiated the holding of a referendum under which the friendship treaty between Bulgaria and North Macedonia would be denounced.[12]

Personal life

Mickoski is married to Roza Mickoska, a Macedonian language teacher in a gymnasium.[13]

References
  1. Христијан Мицкоски -лични податоци
  2. Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“, Машински факултет – Скопје.
  3. "Христијан Мицкоски е нов генерален секретар на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. Христијан Мицковски – нов лидер на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ
  5. Mickoski: Zaev’s deal is capitulation, VMRO-DPMNE will not support it. Meta. 13 June 2018.
  6. Erol Rizaov, Mickoski's offer no longer stands. By Nezavisen Vesnik, 7 July 2019, IBNA — Independent Balkan News Agency.
  7. Alice Taylor and Zeljko Trkanjec, War with Russia and what it means for the Western Balkans. EURACTIV, Feb 25, 2022.
  8. Mickoski congratulates Orban and Vucic: Macedonia has friends. Republika.mk, 04.04.2022.
  9. Debate Derailed In North Macedonian Parliament Amid Unrest Over Proposed Deal With EU, Bulgaria. Radio Free Europe/Radio Libert, July 07, 2022.
  10. Димковиќ-Мишевска, Габриела (5 December 2017). "Христијан Мицкоски иден лидер на ВМРО-ДПМНЕ?!". МАКФАКС (in Macedonian). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  11. Лилия Чалева, Мицкоски се зарече да напусне политиката, ако българите бъдат вписани в Конституцията на РСМ. Dir.bg, 16.08.2022.
  12. ВМРО-ДПМНЕ обяви въпроса за референдума, свързан с Договора за приятелство с България. Dir.bg, 05.09.2022.
  13. "За 15 години брак букет со бели рози од Мицкоски за сопругата". Republika (in Macedonian). 9 January 2021.
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