Radmila Šekerinska

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Radmila Šekerinska

Radmila Šekerinska (Macedonian: Радмила Шекеринска; born 10 June 1972 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is the current leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and the main opposition leader in parliament. Šekerinska was previously deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia and National Coordinatior for Foreign Assistance and was the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from May 12, 2004 until June 12, 2004 and from November 3, 2004 until December 15, 2004. She was elected November 5, 2006 the SDSM leader.^[1]

Radmila Šekerinska was elected President of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia at the party Congress following a no-confidence motion against the former leader Vlado Bučkovski.

During her term as a deputy Prime Minister responsible for European Affaires, the European Council in December 2005 granted the Republic of Macedonia a status of candidate country for accession to the European Union. [1] [2]

Šekerinska graduated in 1995 from Skopje's Faculty of Electrical Engineering. She 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 SDSM.

From 1997 to 2002 Sekerinska worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Skopje , while in 1998 she was elected for a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia . She was elected for a deputy coordinator of the parliamentary group of the Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia and was a member of several parliamentary committees.

She received a second mandate as a MP at the parliamentary elections in 2002, when she was immediately assigned Vice Premier of the Republic of Macedonia responsible for European integration.

She 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. Šekerinska was reappointed deputy prime minister in the government of Crvenkovski's successor as prime minister, Hari Kostov, on 3 June 2004.

Sekerinska is an author of a number of scientific and expert works.

She is a winner of "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" Prize, awarded under auspices of the World Economic Forum. [3]

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^ Sekerinska elected leader of Macedonia's main opposition party

Preceded by Branko Crvenkovski	Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia 2004	Succeeded by Hari Kostov
Preceded by Hari Kostov	Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia 2004	Succeeded by Vlado Bučkovski

	Prime Ministers of the Republic of Macedonia
	Nikola Kljusev \| Branko Crvenkovski \| Ljubcho Georgievski \| Branko Crvenkovski \| Radmila Šekerinska (acting) \| Hari Kostov \| Radmila Šekerinska (acting) \| Vlado Bučkovski \| Nikola Gruevski