Filip Petrovski

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Filip Petrovski

Filip Tihomir Petrovski (Macedonian: Филип Петровски) (born May 28, 1972 in Kumanovo) is a Macedonian politician and diplomat. He is married, and fluent in the English language.

Presently he is the director of the City Library “Braka Miladinovci” in Skopje. He was appointed to this position by the Mayor of the City of Skopje Trifun Kostovski in 2005. With his coming into this position major projects on the agenda of the library are the digitalization of literary treasures of the library and making it more popular as well. That project has several dimensions. One of the most significant ones is creating a large network of web pages on the internet where people could find books in Macedonian and download them for free.

At the same time he is also working on his Masters thesis Reform of the System for Collective Security in the United Nations (N). This topic is interesting for Macedonia because of several aspects. Firstly, the Republic of Macedonia is a member of the UN under the reference FYROM with a resolution from the Security Council. Having that in mind it is necessary to decide how Macedonia will address this issue, i.e., how Macedonia will act in the largest world organization. Secondly, Srgjan Kerim will be the president of the General Assembly in 2007. With that position Republic of Macedonia will be stronger and thus it is essential to create a strategy for constructing a positive climate among the countries of the world regarding Macedonia’s interests. His Masters thesis tries to answer exactly the question of how to reform the system of collective security, that is to say what the role of Macedonia will be in that process.

1 Education
- 1.1 Undergraduate education
- 1.2 Postgraduate education
2 Political standings
- 2.1 Political positions
3 Other career activities
4 Published books
- 4.1 About US
- 4.2 Once more, about US
5 External links

[edit] Education

[edit] Undergraduate education

Filip Petrovski with macedonian archbishop

He has never finished experimental high school in the school “Goce Delcev” in Kumanovo.

He has graduated from the Philosophical Faculty at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. He received the title Professor of Philosophy with the graduation thesis “The issues of religion in the works of Lesek Kolakovsky” in the class of Professor Ljubomir Cuculovski.

[edit] Postgraduate education

With the invitation of the American Government he was the only representative from Macedonia and the Balkans to the 1998 USIA International Visitor Program, A project for Young European Leaders.

In 1999 he went to the Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government at the course of International leadership and economic development.

Presently he is working on his Masters in international law and politics and the thesis - Reform of the System for Collective Security in the UN, with Professor Tanja Petruseva as his mentor.

[edit] Political standings

Filip Petrovski protesting in front of Macedonian Parliament

Filip Petrovski in the French Parliament

Filip Petrovski is right wing Macedonian politician.

He becomes member of VMRO-DPMNE during his studies of philosophy in Skopje.

At that time Macedonia was still struggling for democracy and international recognition. The former Communist Party, now only with new name over take political power in the country with fraud in the election of 1994. Situation was unbearable. That why in 1997 large protests of students take place and last more than a month and a half. Final stage of the protests was hunger strike. Then Government of Republic of Macedonia was forced to call a special session of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. In that historic session Filip Petrovski spoke to the Members of parliament.

Story told try photos can be seen on Macedonian blog * , MAKEDONIJA 1997

Shortly after the protests he became a president of Youth Force Union of VMRO-DPMNE. During his presidency with youth wing VMRO-DPMNE won parliamentary elections for the first time in Macedonian history. Filip Petrovski with 2 other representatives from the wing becomes Member of Parliament.

[edit] Political positions

MP in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia in the period from 1998 until 2001.

Was a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Control of the Security and Counterintelligence Institution and the Intelligence Agency.

Of the Public Research Committee for Protection of Human Rights and Liberties.

And the Youth and Sport Committee.

In December 2001, he was appointed to be the first Consul General in the General Consular Office of the Republic of Macedonia in New York.

After the government changes in 2003, he was brutally removed from the position of Consul General by the SDSM government, as a sign of political revenge. The entire process was accompanied by media witch hunt, organized by Ilinka Mitreva. A part of the correspondence with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister at that time, concerning this subject was placed in the book titled, “Once more for us”.

Since 2005, he is at the position of Director of the Brakja Miladinovci City Library in Skopje.

[edit] Other career activities

In 1996 he was promoted as a candidate for the position of a president of the Student Union of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, but because of publicly stating that he is a member of a political party he was not allowed to run.

During his college years he participated in the student demonstrations of 1997 against the law passed by the Macedonian Government regarding the Pedagogy Faculty.

Because of his activities the Macedonian Ministry of Interior opened a political file on him, codename MARTA, in which he was defined as dangerous for the constitutional order of the Republic of Macedonia] His file was closed after he became a member of the Macedonian Parliament.

His file was published in full in the daily newspaper Makedonija Denes, in nine parts in year 2000. That was a proof of misuse of the security services of the state for the interests of SDSM and their fight against all who held different opinions from theirs.

Some of the activities during the demonstrations can be witnessed through the photographs in the blog * makedonija ’97.

1997-2000 President of UMS (Union of Youth Forces) of VMRO-DPMNE. He led the offspring of VMRO in the first parliamentary victory in 1998 and was a candidate on the proportional list of the party in the 7th place.
1997–1998 Temporary columnist for the weekly magazine “Fokus” also in the UMS newsletter “Zavet”.
1997–2002 Member of the Executive Board of VMRO-DPMNE.
1999–2000 Chairman of the committee for youth of the Central European Initiative.
1998–1999 Member of the Steering Board of the basketball club – “Godel Rabotnicki”
1999–2001 President of MKF (Macedonian Karate Association)
2000 Lecturer in the experimental educational program PEKSNAS on the topic of political systems, on the invitation of the managers of the program
2001 President of the party committee for foreign affairs under contract and authorization of Boris Trajkovski, who at the period was the President of the Republic of Macedonia.
2001 Participant in the defense of his country, in the police reserve forces, engaged in the Tetovo area, present in all of the fronts.
2003 Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee of VMRO DPMNE, in the period between 2003 and 2006 achieved over 200 meetings with diplomats accredited in Macedonia.
2004 Active participant in the campaign concerning the Referendum, on the occasion of the controversial Law on Decentralization.
2005-2006 Coordinator of VMRO DPMNE’s Political Academy on the topic of “Diplomatic Affairs and International Politics”, also being one of the lecturers.
1995-2006 Participant in tens international seminars of right wing European youth and student political organizations (Demo Christian Youth Union, Young European Conservatives, European National Party…)
2006 Partner of Srgjan Kerim in organizing the photo exhibit titled, People who love New York
2006 member of Macedonian knight templar order Naum Ohridski
Occasional columnist in the Dnevnik daily newspaper.